diff --git a/projects/samskivert/build.sh b/projects/samskivert/build.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# $Id: build.sh,v 1.1 2001/03/03 21:21:46 mdb Exp $
+
+# complain if JAVA_HOME isn't set
+if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ]; then
+    echo JAVA_HOME must be set to your JVM install directory.
+    exit -1
+fi
+
+# complain if ANT_HOME isn't set
+if [ -z "$ANT_HOME" ]; then
+    echo ANT_HOME must be set to your ANT install directory.
+    exit -1
+fi
+
+# set up our classpath
+CP=$ANT_HOME/lib/ant.jar
+CP=$CP:$ANT_HOME/../lib/jaxp.jar
+CP=$CP:$ANT_HOME/../lib/crimson.jar
+CP=$CP:$JAVA_HOME/lib/tools.jar
+
+# execute ANT to perform the requested build target
+java -classpath $CP:$CLASSPATH org.apache.tools.ant.Main "$@"
diff --git a/projects/samskivert/build.xml b/projects/samskivert/build.xml
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+<!-- build configuration -->
+<project name="samskivert" default="compile" basedir=".">
+
+  <!-- configuration parameters -->
+  <property name="app.name"       value="samskivert"/>
+  <property name="deploy.home"    value="dist"/>
+  <property name="dist.home"      value="${deploy.home}"/>
+  <property name="dist.jar"       value="${app.name}.jar"/>
+  <property name="javadoc.home"   value="${deploy.home}/javadoc"/>
+  <property name="build.compiler" value="jikes"/>
+
+  <!-- prepares the application directories -->
+  <target name="prepare">
+    <mkdir dir="${deploy.home}"/>
+    <mkdir dir="${deploy.home}/classes"/>
+    <mkdir dir="${javadoc.home}"/>
+  </target>
+
+  <!-- cleans out the installed application -->
+  <target name="clean">
+    <delete dir="${deploy.home}"/>
+  </target>
+
+  <!-- build the java class files -->
+  <target name="compile" depends="prepare">
+    <javac srcdir="src" destdir="${deploy.home}/classes"
+           debug="on" optimize="off" deprecation="off">
+      <classpath>
+        <pathelement location="${deploy.home}/classes"/>
+        <fileset dir="lib">
+          <include name="**/*.jar" />
+        </fileset>
+      </classpath>
+    </javac>
+  </target>
+
+  <!-- build the javadoc documentation -->
+  <target name="javadoc" depends="prepare">
+    <javadoc sourcepath="src" packagenames="*"
+             destdir="${javadoc.home}"/>
+  </target>
+
+  <!-- the default target is to rebuild everything -->
+  <target name="all" depends="clean,prepare,compile,javadoc"/>
+
+  <!-- builds our distribution files (war and jar) -->
+  <target name="dist" depends="prepare,compile">
+    <jar jarfile="${dist.home}/${dist.jar}"
+         basedir="${deploy.home}/classes"/>
+  </target>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/projects/samskivert/src/java/Makefile.local b/projects/samskivert/src/java/Makefile.local
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index d07888b9..00000000
--- a/projects/samskivert/src/java/Makefile.local
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@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-#
-# $Id: Makefile.local,v 1.1 2001/02/16 03:28:39 mdb Exp $
-#
-# Defines stuff common to this entire code tree
-
-# this tells the build system where to install shared libraries built from
-# this code tree
-LIBDIR = $(ROOT)/../../lib/$(ARCH)
-
-# where we put our zip and jar files
-ARCHIVEDIR = $(ROOT)/../../lib
-
-LOCAL_CLASSPATH += \
-	$(shell ls $(ARCHIVEDIR)/*.jar) \
-
-#	$(shell ls $(ARCHIVEDIR)/*.zip) \
diff --git a/projects/samskivert/src/java/com/samskivert/Makefile b/projects/samskivert/src/java/com/samskivert/Makefile
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--- a/projects/samskivert/src/java/com/samskivert/Makefile
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@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-#
-# $Id: Makefile,v 1.2 2001/03/02 01:22:07 mdb Exp $
-
-ROOT = ../..
-
-SRCS = \
-	Log.java \
-
-include $(ROOT)/build/Makefile.java
diff --git a/projects/samskivert/src/java/com/samskivert/jdbc/Makefile b/projects/samskivert/src/java/com/samskivert/jdbc/Makefile
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index d81e29bf..00000000
--- a/projects/samskivert/src/java/com/samskivert/jdbc/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-#
-# $Id: Makefile,v 1.2 2001/02/13 00:25:14 mdb Exp $
-
-ROOT = ../../..
-
-SRCS = \
-	JDBCUtil.java \
-	MySQLRepository.java \
-	Repository.java \
-
-include $(ROOT)/build/Makefile.java
diff --git a/projects/samskivert/src/java/com/samskivert/jdbc/jora/Makefile b/projects/samskivert/src/java/com/samskivert/jdbc/jora/Makefile
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--- a/projects/samskivert/src/java/com/samskivert/jdbc/jora/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-#
-# $Id: Makefile,v 1.1 2001/02/13 05:46:56 mdb Exp $
-
-ROOT = ../../../..
-
-SRCS = \
-	Cursor.java \
-	DataTransferError.java \
-	FieldDescriptor.java \
-	NoCurrentObjectError.java \
-	NoPrimaryKeyError.java \
-	SQLError.java \
-	Session.java \
-	SessionThread.java \
-	Table.java \
-
-include $(ROOT)/build/Makefile.java
diff --git a/projects/samskivert/src/java/com/samskivert/net/cddb/Makefile b/projects/samskivert/src/java/com/samskivert/net/cddb/Makefile
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--- a/projects/samskivert/src/java/com/samskivert/net/cddb/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-#
-# $Id: Makefile,v 1.2 2000/10/23 07:32:12 mdb Exp $
-
-ROOT = ../../../..
-
-SRCS = \
-	CDDB.java \
-	CDDBException.java \
-	CDDBProtocol.java \
-	CDDBTest.java \
-
-include $(ROOT)/build/Makefile.java
diff --git a/projects/samskivert/src/java/com/samskivert/servlet/Makefile b/projects/samskivert/src/java/com/samskivert/servlet/Makefile
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--- a/projects/samskivert/src/java/com/samskivert/servlet/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-#
-# $Id: Makefile,v 1.1 2001/03/02 01:21:06 mdb Exp $
-
-ROOT = ../../..
-
-SRCS = \
-	RedirectException.java \
-
-include $(ROOT)/build/Makefile.java
diff --git a/projects/samskivert/src/java/com/samskivert/servlet/user/Makefile b/projects/samskivert/src/java/com/samskivert/servlet/user/Makefile
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--- a/projects/samskivert/src/java/com/samskivert/servlet/user/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-#
-# $Id: Makefile,v 1.2 2001/03/02 02:08:50 mdb Exp $
-
-ROOT = ../../../..
-
-SRCS = \
-	InvalidPasswordException.java \
-	InvalidUsernameException.java \
-	NoSuchUserException.java \
-	User.java \
-	UserExistsException.java \
-	UserManager.java \
-	UserRepository.java \
-	UserUtil.java \
-
-include $(ROOT)/build/Makefile.java
diff --git a/projects/samskivert/src/java/com/samskivert/swing/Makefile b/projects/samskivert/src/java/com/samskivert/swing/Makefile
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--- a/projects/samskivert/src/java/com/samskivert/swing/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-#
-# $Id: Makefile,v 1.1 2000/12/07 05:41:07 mdb Exp $
-
-ROOT = ../../..
-
-SRCS = \
-	DimenInfo.java \
-	GroupLayout.java \
-	GroupLayoutTest.java \
-	HGroupLayout.java \
-	VGroupLayout.java \
-
-include $(ROOT)/build/Makefile.java
diff --git a/projects/samskivert/src/java/com/samskivert/swing/util/Makefile b/projects/samskivert/src/java/com/samskivert/swing/util/Makefile
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--- a/projects/samskivert/src/java/com/samskivert/swing/util/Makefile
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@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-#
-# $Id: Makefile,v 1.1 2000/12/06 03:25:19 mdb Exp $
-
-ROOT = ../../../..
-
-SRCS = \
-	Task.java \
-	TaskMaster.java \
-	TaskObserver.java \
-
-include $(ROOT)/build/Makefile.java
diff --git a/projects/samskivert/src/java/com/samskivert/util/Makefile b/projects/samskivert/src/java/com/samskivert/util/Makefile
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index 637ff662..00000000
--- a/projects/samskivert/src/java/com/samskivert/util/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-#
-# $Id: Makefile,v 1.8 2001/03/02 00:47:10 mdb Exp $
-
-ROOT = ../../..
-
-SRCS = \
-	ConfigUtil.java \
-	Crypt.java \
-	DefaultLogProvider.java \
-	IntIntMap.java \
-	IntMap.java \
-	Interval.java \
-	IntervalManager.java \
-	Log.java \
-	LogProvider.java \
-	PropertiesUtil.java \
-	Queue.java \
-	StringUtil.java \
-
-include $(ROOT)/build/Makefile.java
diff --git a/projects/samskivert/src/java/com/samskivert/webmacro/Makefile b/projects/samskivert/src/java/com/samskivert/webmacro/Makefile
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index 8d4eadc8..00000000
--- a/projects/samskivert/src/java/com/samskivert/webmacro/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-#
-# $Id: Makefile,v 1.5 2001/03/02 01:22:07 mdb Exp $
-
-ROOT = ../../..
-
-SRCS = \
-	DataValidationException.java \
-	DispatcherServlet.java \
-	DummyLogic.java \
-	ExceptionMap.java \
-	FormUtil.java \
-	FriendlyException.java \
-	Logic.java \
-
-include $(ROOT)/build/Makefile.java