diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 2fac9ccb8a6..4db4ba56034 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2002-11-19  Karl Fogel  <kfogel@red-bean.com>
+
+	* autogen.sh: New file.
+
 2002-11-15  Dave Love  <fx@gnu.org>
 
 	* configure.in: Tidy up various quoting issues throughout.  Use
diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
new file mode 100755
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+echo "Please read INSTALL-CVS for instructions on how to build Emacs from CVS."
+
+# Exit with failure, since people may have generic build scripts that
+# try things like "autogen.sh && ./configure && make".
+exit 1