diff --git a/v2/test/BoostBuild.py b/v2/test/BoostBuild.py
index 209ab0219..1779455e9 100644
--- a/v2/test/BoostBuild.py
+++ b/v2/test/BoostBuild.py
@@ -524,9 +524,9 @@ class Tester(TestCmd.TestCmd):
            self.unexpected_difference.pprint()
            self.fail_test(1)
 
-    def expect_output_line(self, expected):
+    def _expect_line(self, content, expected):
         expected = expected.strip()
-        lines = self.stdout().splitlines()
+        lines = content.splitlines()
         found = 0
         for line in lines:
             line = line.strip()
@@ -537,19 +537,33 @@ class Tester(TestCmd.TestCmd):
         if not found:
             print "Did not found expected line in output:"
             print expected
+            print "The output was:"
+            print content
             self.fail_test(1)
 
-    def expect_content(self, name, content, exact=0):
+    def expect_output_line(self, expected):
+        self._expect_line(self.stdout(), expected)
+
+    def expect_content_line(self, name, expected):
+        content = self._read_file(name)
+        self._expect_line(content, expected)
+
+    def _read_file(self, name, exact=0):
         name = self.adjust_names(name)[0]
+        result = ""
         try:
             if exact:
-                actual = self.read(name)
+                result = self.read(name)
             else:
-                actual = string.replace(self.read_and_strip(name), "\\", "/")
+                result = string.replace(self.read_and_strip(name), "\\", "/")
         except IOError:
             print "Note: could not open file", name
             self.fail_test(1)
+        return result
+            
 
+    def expect_content(self, name, content, exact=0):
+        actual = self._read_file(name, exact)
         content = string.replace(content, "$toolset", self.toolset+"*")
 
         matched = 0
diff --git a/v2/test/dll_path.py b/v2/test/dll_path.py
index 4e37363a0..cdf640e20 100644
--- a/v2/test/dll_path.py
+++ b/v2/test/dll_path.py
@@ -119,10 +119,9 @@ t.expect_addition("bin/$toolset/debug/mp.pathlist")
 
 es1 = t.adjust_names(["a/bin/$toolset/debug"])[0]
 es2 = t.adjust_names(["b/bin/$toolset/debug"])[0]
-content = t.read("bin/$toolset/debug/mp.pathlist")
 
-t.fail_test(find(content, es1) == -1)
-t.fail_test(find(content, es2) == -1)
+t.expect_content_line("bin/$toolset/debug/mp.pathlist", "*" + es1);
+t.expect_content_line("bin/$toolset/debug/mp.pathlist", "*" + es2);
 
 t.cleanup()
 
diff --git a/v2/test/library_chain.py b/v2/test/library_chain.py
index e211b9baf..958609027 100644
--- a/v2/test/library_chain.py
+++ b/v2/test/library_chain.py
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ t.rm(".")
 t.write("Jamroot", "")
 t.write("a/Jamfile", """
 lib a : a.cpp ;
+install dist : a ;
 """)
 t.write("a/a.cpp", """
 #if defined(_WIN32)
@@ -122,12 +123,12 @@ __declspec(dllexport)
 void a() {}
 """)
 t.run_build_system(subdir="a")
-t.expect_addition("a/bin/$toolset/debug/a.dll")
+t.expect_addition("a/dist/a.dll")
 
 if (os.name == 'nt' or os.uname()[0].lower().startswith('cygwin')) and get_toolset() != 'gcc':
-    file = t.adjust_names(["a/bin/$toolset/debug/a.lib"])[0]
+    file = t.adjust_names(["a/dist/a.lib"])[0]
 else:
-    file = t.adjust_names(["a/bin/$toolset/debug/a.dll"])[0]
+    file = t.adjust_names(["a/dist/a.dll"])[0]
 
 t.write("b/Jamfile", """
 lib b : b.cpp ../%s ;