diff --git a/src/scripts/mkdist b/src/scripts/mkdist
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-#!/bin/sh -e
-tar='tar --owner=0 --group=0 --mode=ug+w,a+rX'
-name=empire
-version=`sed -n '/EMP_VERS_/s/#define EMP_VERS_\([A-Z]*\)[ \t]*//p' <include/version.h | tr '\012' . | sed 's/\.$//'`
-srvdir=$name-$version
-clidir=$name-client-$version
-txtdir=$name-info-text-$version
-htmdir=$name-info-html-$version
-
-# arrange cleanup
-trap 'rm -rf dist' 0
-
-# all files in CVS...
-mkdir dist dist/srv dist/cli
-for i in `find . -name CVS -print`
-do
-  d=`echo $i | sed 's#/CVS$##'`
-  mkdir -p "dist/srv/$d"
-  f=`awk -F/ '$1 == "" { print "'$d/'" $2 }' $i/Entries`
-  [ "$f" ] || continue
-  ln $f "dist/srv/$d"
-  [ "$d" = "./src/client" ] && ln $f dist/cli
-done
-# except for these
-find dist -name .cvsignore | xargs -r rm -f
-
-# generated make include files (hard to create with stupid makes)
-for i in `find info -name MakeSrcs`
-do ln $i dist/srv/$i
-done
-for i in `find src -name Makedepend`
-do echo '# Empty' >dist/srv/$i
-done
-
-# formatted info files and generated info souces
-mkdir dist/srv/info.nr
-ln info.nr/* dist/srv/info.nr
-ln info/Subjects/*.t dist/srv/info/Subjects
-mkdir dist/txt dist/htm
-ln info.nr/* dist/txt
-ln info.html/* dist/htm
-
-# modifications for standalone client
-mv dist/cli/Makefile.standalone dist/cli/Makefile
-ln src/client/ipglob.c dist/cli
-
-# bake tarballs
-mv dist/srv dist/$srvdir
-$tar -czf $srvdir.tar.gz -C dist $srvdir
-mv dist/cli dist/$clidir
-$tar -czf $clidir.tar.gz -C dist $clidir
-mv dist/txt dist/$txtdir
-$tar -czf $txtdir.tar.gz -C dist $txtdir
-mv dist/htm dist/$htmdir
-$tar -czf $htmdir.tar.gz -C dist $htmdir