--- /dev/null
+#!/bin/sh --
+
+if aclocal -I m4 && autoheader && (cd m4 && make -f Makefile.am.in ) \
+ && automake --include-deps && autoconf
+then
+ echo
+ echo "The configure script for Mutt-ng was successfully prepared."
+ echo "Continue with \"./configure [your options]\"."
+ echo
+else
+ echo
+ echo "Some part of the preparation process failed."
+ echo "Please refer to doc/devel-notes.txt for details."
+ echo
+ exit 1
+fi