diff --git a/freeglut/freeglut/ChangeLog b/freeglut/freeglut/ChangeLog
index a3ba2f5..97fbca8 100644
--- a/freeglut/freeglut/ChangeLog
+++ b/freeglut/freeglut/ChangeLog
@@ -1136,3 +1136,9 @@ necessary to temporarily use the X11 flags found by AC_PATH_XTRA.
 **************************************************************************
 
 (296) Added support for Open Watcom
+
+**************************************************************************
+* Changes on September 4, 2005.
+**************************************************************************
+
+(297) Silenced autogen.sh. *nix commands are silent by default.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/freeglut/freeglut/autogen.sh b/freeglut/freeglut/autogen.sh
index d0d1d98..59d76ae 100755
--- a/freeglut/freeglut/autogen.sh
+++ b/freeglut/freeglut/autogen.sh
@@ -1,12 +1,7 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-#
-echo "Generating build information using aclocal, automake and autoconf"
-echo "This may take a while ..."
-
+#! /bin/sh
+set -e
 aclocal
 autoheader
-libtoolize  --copy  --force
-automake  --add-missing
+libtoolize --copy --force
+automake --add-missing
 autoconf
-
-echo "Now you are ready to run ./configure"