--- /dev/null
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Run this script to build samba from SVN.
+
+## insert all possible names (only works with
+## autoconf 2.x
+TESTAUTOHEADER="autoheader autoheader-2.53 autoheader2.50"
+TESTAUTOCONF="autoconf autoconf-2.53 autoconf2.50"
+
+AUTOHEADERFOUND="0"
+AUTOCONFFOUND="0"
+
+
+##
+## Look for autoheader
+##
+for i in $TESTAUTOHEADER; do
+ if which $i > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+ if test `$i --version | head -n 1 | cut -d. -f 2 | tr -d [:alpha:]` -ge 53; then
+ AUTOHEADER=$i
+ AUTOHEADERFOUND="1"
+ break
+ fi
+ fi
+done
+
+##
+## Look for autoconf
+##
+
+for i in $TESTAUTOCONF; do
+ if which $i > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+ if test `$i --version | head -n 1 | cut -d. -f 2 | tr -d [:alpha:]` -ge 53; then
+ AUTOCONF=$i
+ AUTOCONFFOUND="1"
+ break
+ fi
+ fi
+done
+
+
+##
+## do we have it?
+##
+if test "$AUTOCONFFOUND" = "0" -o "$AUTOHEADERFOUND" = "0"; then
+ echo "$0: need autoconf 2.53 or later to build samba from SVN" >&2
+ exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "$0: running script/mkversion.sh"
+./script/mkversion.sh || exit 1
+
+rm -rf autom4te*.cache
+rm -f configure include/config.h*
+
+echo "$0: running $AUTOHEADER"
+$AUTOHEADER || exit 1
+
+echo "$0: running $AUTOCONF"
+$AUTOCONF || exit 1
+
+rm -rf autom4te*.cache
+
+echo "Now run ./configure and then make."
+exit 0
+