diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
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@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 2007-02-02  Greg Troxel  <Greg Troxel <gdt@ir.bbn.com>>
 
+	* bootstrap.sh: new file with just 'autoreconf'
+
 	* README.NetBSD:  use update-autotools instead of autoreconf
 
 	* update-autotools: print out tool name before invoking to aid debugging
diff --git a/bootstrap.sh b/bootstrap.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# This file exists to document the proper way to initialize autotools,
+# and so that those used to the presence of bootstrap.sh or autogen.sh
+# will have an eaiser time.
+
+autoreconf