diff --git a/common/common-functions b/common/common-functions
index dd7f1d3..d63f79f 100644
--- a/common/common-functions
+++ b/common/common-functions
@@ -2,173 +2,7 @@
 
 # $Id$
 
-set +e
-
-# VT100 colors
-declare -r  BLACK=$'\e[1;30m'
-declare -r  DK_GRAY=$'\e[0;30m'
-
-declare -r  RED=$'\e[31m'
-declare -r  GREEN=$'\e[32m'
-declare -r  YELLOW=$'\e[33m'
-declare -r  BLUE=$'\e[34m'
-declare -r  MAGENTA=$'\e[35m'
-declare -r  CYAN=$'\e[36m'
-declare -r  WHITE=$'\e[37m'
-
-declare -r  OFF=$'\e[0m'
-declare -r  BOLD=$'\e[1m'
-declare -r  REVERSE=$'\e[7m'
-declare -r  HIDDEN=$'\e[8m'
-
-declare -r  tab_=$'\t'
-declare -r  nl_=$'\n'
-
-declare -r   DD_BORDER="${BOLD}==============================================================================${OFF}"
-declare -r   SD_BORDER="${BOLD}------------------------------------------------------------------------------${OFF}"
-declare -r STAR_BORDER="${BOLD}******************************************************************************${OFF}"
-
-# bold yellow > <  pair
-declare -r R_arrow=$'\e[1;33m>\e[0m'
-declare -r L_arrow=$'\e[1;33m<\e[0m'
-
-
-usage() {
-cat <<- -EOF-
-${DD_BORDER}
-${BOLD}
- Usage: $0 ${BOLD}[OPTION]
-
-${RED}IMPORTANT:${OFF} Only supported command line switches are listed here.
-           For more fine-grained setups you must edit the relevant
-           configuration files placed under ${BOLD}common/${OFF} and ${BOLD}$(echo $PROGNAME | tr [a-z] [A-Z])/${OFF}
-
-Options:
-${BOLD}  -h, --help${OFF}
-        print this help, then exit
-
-${BOLD}  -V, --version${OFF}
-        print version information, then exit
-
-${BOLD}  -B, --book VER${OFF}
-        use VER version of the book as the system to build.
-        Supported VER values are:
-          dev*, trunk, SVN = aliases for the Development version of {C,H}LFS
-          branch-NAME = a branch of name NAME
-          VERSION = the version of a stable released book
-        To know what branches and stable books work with this version of jhalfs
-        please see http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/alfs/wiki/SupportedBooks
-
-${BOLD}  -D  --directory DIR${OFF}
-        use DIR directory for building ${BOLD}$(echo $PROGNAME | tr [a-z] [A-Z])${OFF}; all files jhalfs-X produces
-        will be in the directory DIR/${SCRIPT_ROOT}.
-        The current setting for BUILDDIR is "$BUILDDIR"
-
-${BOLD}  -G, --get-packages${OFF}
-        download the packages and patches. This assumes that the server declared
-        in the configuration file has the proper packages and patches for the
-        book version being processed.
-
-${BOLD}  -O, --optimize${OFF}
-        Optimize [0-2]
-          0 = no optimization
-          1 = optimize final system only
-          2 = optimize both temporary tools and final system
-        Edit common/opt_config{,.d/*} and common/opt_override as desired.
-
-${BOLD}  -T, --testsuites N ${OFF}
-        Run test suites  [0-3]
-          0 = none
-          1 = only final system Glibc, GCC and Binutils testsuites
-          2 = all final system testsuites
-          3 = all temporary tools and final system testsuites
-        In CLFS and HLFS, 3 is an alias to 2
-
-${BOLD}  -W, --working-copy DIR${OFF}
-        use the local working copy placed in DIR as the $(echo $PROGNAME | tr [a-z] [A-Z]) book
-
-${BOLD}  -C, --comparison TYPE${OFF}
-         do iterative comparison analysis. This extends the total build time
-         considerably because the entire final system will rebuild itself
-         the number of times specified by ITERATIONS in common/config.
-         Types allowed are:
-           ICA   = do ICA as designed by Greg Schafer
-           farce = do the farce analysis designed by Ken Moffat
-           both  = perform both ICA and farce analysis
-
-${BOLD}  -F, --fstab FILE${OFF}
-        use FILE as the /etc/fstab file for the ${BOLD}$(echo $PROGNAME | tr [a-z] [A-Z])${OFF} system. If not specified,
-        a default /etc/fstab file with dummy values is created.
-
-${BOLD}  -K, --kernel-config FILE${OFF}
-        use the kernel configuration file specified in FILE to build the kernel.
-        if the file is not found, or if not specified, the kernel build is skipped.
-
-${BOLD}  -M, --run-make${OFF}
-        run make on the generated Makefile
-
-${BOLD}  -R --rebuild${OFF}
-        clean the build directory before performing any other task. The directory
-        is cleaned only if it was populated by a previous jhalfs-X run.
--EOF-
-
-[[ ${PROGNAME} = "clfs" ]] &&
-cat <<- -EOF-
-
-${BOLD}  -A, --arch ARCH ${OFF}
-        Select the TARGET architecture, valid selections are:
-           32bit builds
-        x86, i486, i586, ppc, mips, mipsel, sparc
-           64bit builds
-        x86_64-64, mips64-64, mipsel64-64, sparc64-64, alpha
-           64bit multi-lib
-        x86_64, mips64, mipsel64, sparc64, ppc64
-
-${BOLD}  --boot-config FILE ${OFF}
-        The configuration file for the bootstrap kernel if method=boot
-
-${BOLD}  --method BUILDMETHOD ${OFF}
-        Select the build method, chroot or boot
--EOF-
-
-[[ ${PROGNAME} = "clfs2" ]] &&
-cat <<- -EOF-
-
-${BOLD}  -A, --arch ARCH ${OFF}
-        Select the TARGET architecture, valid selections are:
-           32bit builds
-        arm
-           64bit builds
-
-	64bit multi-lib
--EOF-
-
-[[ ${PROGNAME} = "hlfs" ]] &&
-cat <<- -EOF-
-
-${BOLD}  --model STYLE ${OFF}
-        Select the library model for the HLFS system
-        Valid choices are: glibc or uclibc
--EOF-
-
-cat <<- -EOF-
-${DD_BORDER}
--EOF-
-  exit
-}
-
-version="
-${BOLD}  \"jhalfs-X\"${OFF} builder tool (experimental) \$Rev$
-\$Date$
-
-${BOLD}              \"${PROGNAME}\"${OFF} script module
-
-Written by George Boudreau,
-           Manuel Canales Esparcia,
-           Jeremy Huntwork
-
-This program is published under the ${BOLD}Gnu General Public License, Version 2.${OFF}
-"
+set -e
 
 
 no_empty_builddir() {
@@ -189,13 +23,6 @@ ${DD_BORDER}
 }
 
 
-help="${nl_}Try '$0 --help' for more information."
-
-exit_missing_arg="\
-echo \"Option '\$1' requires an argument\" >&2
-echo \"\$help\" >&2
-exit 1"
-
 HEADER="# This file is automatically generated by jhalfs-X
 # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE MANUALLY
 #
@@ -474,7 +301,7 @@ wrt_RunAsRoot() {                  # Some scripts must be run as root..
     hlfs  ) MOUNT_ENV="HLFS" ;;
     *) echo "undefined progname $PROGNAME"; exit 1
   esac
-  
+
 (
 cat << EOF
 	@( time { export ${MOUNT_ENV}=\$(MOUNT_PT) && ${PROGNAME}-commands/`dirname $file`/\$@ >>logs/\$@ 2>&1 ; } ) 2>>logs/\$@ && \\
diff --git a/master.sh b/master.sh
index 15661ed..b6e7c84 100755
--- a/master.sh
+++ b/master.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,34 @@
 # $Id$
 set -e
 
+# VT100 colors
+declare -r  BLACK=$'\e[1;30m'
+declare -r  DK_GRAY=$'\e[0;30m'
+
+declare -r  RED=$'\e[31m'
+declare -r  GREEN=$'\e[32m'
+declare -r  YELLOW=$'\e[33m'
+declare -r  BLUE=$'\e[34m'
+declare -r  MAGENTA=$'\e[35m'
+declare -r  CYAN=$'\e[36m'
+declare -r  WHITE=$'\e[37m'
+
+declare -r  OFF=$'\e[0m'
+declare -r  BOLD=$'\e[1m'
+declare -r  REVERSE=$'\e[7m'
+declare -r  HIDDEN=$'\e[8m'
+
+declare -r  tab_=$'\t'
+declare -r  nl_=$'\n'
+
+declare -r   DD_BORDER="${BOLD}==============================================================================${OFF}"
+declare -r   SD_BORDER="${BOLD}------------------------------------------------------------------------------${OFF}"
+declare -r STAR_BORDER="${BOLD}******************************************************************************${OFF}"
+
+# bold yellow > <  pair
+declare -r R_arrow=$'\e[1;33m>\e[0m'
+declare -r L_arrow=$'\e[1;33m<\e[0m'
+
 
 #>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>ERROR TRAPPING >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
 #-----------------------#
@@ -33,8 +61,21 @@ trap simple_error ERR
 trap 'echo -e "\n\n${RED}INTERRUPT${OFF} trapped\n" &&  exit 2'  1 2 3 15 17 18 23
 #>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
 
+version="
+${BOLD}  \"jhalfs-X\"${OFF} builder tool (experimental) \$Rev$
+  \$Date$
+
+  Written by George Boudreau and Manuel Canales Esparcia,
+  plus several contributions.
+
+  Based on an idea from Jeremy Huntwork
+
+  This set of files are published under the
+  ${BOLD}Gnu General Public License, Version 2.${OFF}
+"
 
 if [ ! -L $0 ] ; then
+  echo "$version"
   echo "${nl_}${tab_}${BOLD}${RED}This script cannot be called directly: EXITING ${OFF}${nl_}"
   exit 1
 fi