diff --git a/make-dist b/make-dist
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+#!/bin/sh -e
+
+# The directory in which to find the last snapshot
+dir=${HOME}/gnu/releases
+
+# The name of this module
+module=gstep-base
+
+. Version
+
+cvs -Q rtag -F release-`echo ${VERSION} | tr . -`  $module
+
+make dist
+
+mv -f ${module}-${VERSION}.tar.gz $dir
diff --git a/make-dist-diff b/make-dist-diff
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# The directory in which to find the last snapshot; must be absolute path
+dir=/home/mccallum/gnu/releases
+
+# The email addresses of people to receive mail about the new diff
+diff_recipients=gnustep-dev@prep.ai.mit.edu
+
+# The name of this module
+module=gstep-base
+# A regular expression for the version string "x.y.z"
+yrptn='[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]'
+# The pattern for the file containing the diff
+ptn="${module}-${yrptn}"
+dptn="${ptn}-${yrptn}.diff"
+
+# Get the current version
+. Version
+
+# Find date of the last snapshot
+lastdist=${VERSION}
+
+# This depends on the user setting this variable from the command line
+if [ -z $OLD ]; then
+  echo You must set the shell variable OLD to the old version number.
+  exit -1
+fi
+secondlastdist=${OLD}
+
+echo Making diff between $secondlastdist and $lastdist
+
+# The name of the diff file
+diff="${module}-${secondlastdist}-${lastdist}.diff"
+
+if [ -f $dir/$diff ]; then
+  echo $dir/$diff already exists!  Exiting.
+  exit -1
+fi
+echo Making $diff
+
+# Untar the old dist
+(cd /tmp ; tar -zvxf $dir/${module}-${secondlastdist}.tar.gz)
+# Untar the new dist
+(cd /tmp ; tar -zvxf $dir/${module}-${lastdist}.tar.gz)
+# Make the diff
+echo Diffing...
+rm -f /tmp/$diff
+(cd /tmp; diff -u -r ${module}-${secondlastdist} ${module}-${lastdist} > $diff)
+# Remove the dist dirs
+rm -rf /tmp/${module}-${secondlastdist} /tmp/${module}-${lastdist}
+
+if [ -s /tmp/$diff ]; then
+  # Mail a message saying the new diff is available. (Commented out for now)
+  # mail -s $diff < $diff $diff_recipients
+  gzip -9 /tmp/$diff && mv -f /tmp/$diff.gz $dir
+else
+  rm -f /tmp/$diff
+fi
diff --git a/upload-dist b/upload-dist
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Copy a dist file to the ftp server
+# if shell variable OLD is set to a version string, also copy a diff file.
+
+SOURCEDIR=$HOME/gnu/releases
+
+DESTHOST=alpha.gnu.ai.mit.edu
+DESTDIR='~ftp/gnu/gnustep'
+
+# Load version variables
+. Version
+
+DISTFILE=gstep-base-${VERSION}.tar.gz
+
+echo Uploading $DISTFILE to ${DESTHOST}:${DESTDIR}
+cat ${SOURCEDIR}/${DISTFILE} \
+	 | rsh $DESTHOST \
+	  "(cd $DESTDIR; \
+	    cat >| ${DISTFILE})"
+
+
+if [ $OLD ] ; then
+  # Also upload the diff file
+
+  DIFFFILE=gstep-base-${OLD}-${VERSION}.diff.gz
+
+  if [ ! -e ${SOURCEDIR}/${DIFFFILE} ] ; then
+    echo File ${SOURCEDIR}/${DIFFFILE} not found.
+    exit -1
+  fi
+
+  echo Uploading ${DIFFFILE} to ${DESTHOST}:${DESTDIR}
+
+  cat ${SOURCEDIR}/${DIFFFILE} \
+	 | rsh $DESTHOST \
+	  "(cd $DESTDIR; \
+	    cat >| ${DIFFFILE})"
+
+fi