diff --git a/proposal/antfarm/bootstrap.sh b/proposal/antfarm/bootstrap.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+if ! test -d boot ; then
+    mkdir -p boot/tasks
+    mkdir -p boot/xml
+fi
+
+if ! test -d  temp ; then
+    mkdir -p temp/core
+    mkdir -p temp/xml
+    mkdir -p temp/tasks
+fi
+
+if  test -z "$JAVAC" ; then
+    JAVAC=javac;
+fi
+
+TOOLS=core/org/apache/tools
+
+${JAVAC} -d temp/core ${TOOLS}/ant/*.java \
+                      ${TOOLS}/ant/cmdline/*.java \
+                      core/*.java
+
+jar -cfm boot/ant.jar core/META-INF/manifest.mf -C temp/core .
+
+${JAVAC} -classpath boot/ant.jar:jaxp/jaxp.jar:jaxp/crimson.jar -d temp/xml xml/org/apache/tools/ant/xml/*.java
+
+jar -cf boot/xml/ant-xml.jar -C temp/xml .
+
+${JAVAC} -classpath boot/ant.jar -d temp/tasks tasks/org/apache/tools/ant/tasks/*.java
+
+cp tasks/java2sdk.ant temp/tasks/java2sdk.ant
+
+jar -cf boot/tasks/java2sdk.jar -C temp/tasks .
+
+cp jaxp/jaxp.jar boot/xml/jaxp.jar
+cp jaxp/crimson.jar boot/xml/crimson.jar
+
+#rm -rf temp
diff --git a/proposal/antfarm/build.sh b/proposal/antfarm/build.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+java -classpath boot/ant.jar -Dant.project.path=.:jaxp ant ant:all
diff --git a/proposal/antfarm/clean.sh b/proposal/antfarm/clean.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+if test -d boot ; then
+    rm -rf boot
+fi
+
+if test -d temp ; then
+    rm -rf temp
+fi
+
+if test -d dist ; then
+    rm -rf dist
+fi