The following is an auto-regenerator script that is meant to rebuild the necessary make- and configuration files, then configure the project and finally make the project.

#!/bin/bash
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##  Copyright (C) Wizardry and Steamworks 2005 - License: GNU GPLv3      ##
##  Please see: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html for legal details,  ##
##  rights of fair usage, the disclaimer and warranty conditions.        ##
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#
# this script will try to generate all the configuration tools and then 
# configure and compile a project.
 
cnt=4
 
echo -en "  +Cleaning source: "
if test -f Makefile; then
	rm Makefile configure config.h
	echo "done"
else
	echo "clean"
fi
until [ "$cnt" -lt 4 ]; do
  echo -en "  +Running aclocal: "
  aclocal 2>/dev/null
  let cnt=cnt-1	
done
echo "done"
until [ "$cnt" -lt 3 ]; do
  echo -en "  +Running autoheader: "
  autoheader --force 2>/dev/null
  let cnt=cnt-1
done
echo "done"
until [ "$cnt" -lt 2 ]; do
  echo -en "  +Generating makefiles: "
  automake --add-missing --copy --force-missing 2>/dev/null
  let cnt=cnt-1
done
echo "done"
until [ "$cnt" -lt 1 ]; do
  echo -en "  +Generating configure script: "
  autoconf 2>/dev/null
  let cnt=cnt-1
done
echo "done"
echo -en "  +Configure ready: "
if test -f Makefile; then
  echo "no"
else
  echo "yes"
fi
echo -en "  +Configuring..."
if test -x configure; then
  ./configure 2&>configure.log
fi
echo "done"
echo -en "  +Making: "
if [ 'which make' != "" ]; then
  m=which make > make.log
fi
rm make.log
echo "done"