diff --git a/release/scripts/extract_DES.sh b/release/scripts/extract_DES.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+# $Id: extract_secure.sh,v 1.7 1995/04/20 06:49:09 phk Exp $
+set -e
+PATH=/stand:$PATH
+DDIR=/
+
+DIST=DES
+# You can't write over the running init
+if [ -f /sbin/init ]; then mv /sbin/init /sbin/init.insecure; fi
+
+cat ${DIST}.?? | gzip -c -d | ( cd $DDIR; cpio -H tar -imdu )
+
+DDIR=/usr/src
+for DIST in sebones sDES ; do
+	if [ -f ${DIST}.aa ]; then
+		echo "Extracting ${DIST} sources"
+		cat ${DIST}.?? | gzip -c -d | ( cd $DDIR; cpio -H tar -imdu )
+	fi
+done