diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index da5930888..02ae37b46 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2002-07-15  jacob berkman  <jacob@ximian.com>
+
+	* src/update-from-egg.sh: steal from profterm to fix build
+
 2002-07-13  Havoc Pennington  <hp@pobox.com>
 
 	* src/workspace.c (meta_workspace_new): don't put a newline after
diff --git a/src/update-from-egg.sh b/src/update-from-egg.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..9be68a9b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/update-from-egg.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+function die() {
+  echo $*
+  exit 1
+}
+
+if test -z "$EGGDIR"; then
+   echo "Must set EGGDIR"
+   exit 1
+fi
+
+if test -z "$EGGFILES"; then
+   echo "Must set EGGFILES"
+   exit 1
+fi
+
+for FILE in $EGGFILES; do
+  if cmp -s $EGGDIR/$FILE $FILE; then
+     echo "File $FILE is unchanged"
+  else
+     cp $EGGDIR/$FILE $FILE || die "Could not move $EGGDIR/$FILE to $FILE"
+     echo "Updated $FILE"
+  fi
+done