diff --git a/libratbox/src/version.c.SH b/libratbox/src/version.c.SH
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# $Id: version.c.SH 24870 2008-01-10 16:51:01Z androsyn $ 
+
+spitshell=cat
+package=libratbox
+
+echo "Extracting $package/src/version.c..."
+
+if test -r version.c.last
+then
+   generation=`sed -n 's/^const char \*generation = \"\(.*\)\";/\1/p' < version.c.last`
+   if test ! "$generation" ; then generation=0; fi
+else
+   generation=0
+fi
+
+generation=`expr $generation + 1`
+
+uname=`uname -a`
+
+creation=`date | \
+awk '{if (NF == 6) \
+         { print $1 " "  $2 " " $3 " "  $6 " at " $4 " " $5 } \
+else \
+         { print $1 " "  $2 " " $3 " " $7 " at " $4 " " $5 " " $6 }}'`
+
+$spitshell >version.c <<!SUB!THIS!
+/*
+ *   libratbox: a library used by ircd-ratbox and other things
+ *   src/version.c
+ *   
+ *   Copyright (C) 1990 Chelsea Ashley Dyerman
+ *   Copyright (C) 2008 ircd-ratbox development team
+ *
+ *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+ *   any later version.
+ *
+ *   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *   GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *   along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ *   Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * This file is generated by version.c.SH. Any changes made will go away.
+ */
+
+#include "../include/serno.h"
+
+const char *libratbox_generation = "$generation";
+const char *libratbox_platform = "$uname";
+const char *libratbox_serno = SERIALNUM;
+const char *libratbox_creation = "$creation";
+
+const char *libratbox_infotext[] =
+{
+  "$package --",
+  "Based on the original code written by Jarkko Oikarinen",
+  "Copyright 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991 University of Oulu, Computing Center",
+  "Copyright (c) 1996-2001 Hybrid Development Team", 
+  "Copyright (c) 2002-2008 ircd-ratbox Development Team",
+  "",
+  "This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or",
+  "modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as",
+  "published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or",
+  "(at your option) any later version.",
+  "",
+!SUB!THIS!
+
+IFS='
+'
+for i in `grep -v '^$Id' ../CREDITS |tr -d '"'` ; do
+echo "  \"$i\"," >> version.c
+done
+$spitshell >>version.c <<!SUB!THISTOO!
+  "",
+  0,
+};
+!SUB!THISTOO!