diff --git a/scripts/cvsuser/build.sh b/scripts/cvsuser/build.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+echo "running build.sh"
+module=eressea
+rootdir=/home/cvs/checkout/${module}
+# www=$rootdir/www-data -- no web archives of eressea source
+subdir="source"
+
+date >> ${rootdir}/buildlog
+
+echo ==---------------------==
+echo `date` : Rebuilding ${module}
+echo ==---------------------==
+
+for sub in $subdir
+do
+  # update the source tree
+  cd $rootdir/$sub
+  cvs -q update -drP
+  # create the source archive
+  # cd $rootdir
+  # tar czf ${www}/downloads/${module}-${sub}.tar.gz ${sub}
+done
+cat >| parameters
+${rootdir}/senddiff.pl `cat parameters` 2>&1 >> /tmp/senddiff.log