--- build_tools/tools/freebsd/automate.py.orig	2021-12-18 16:54:46 UTC
+++ build_tools/tools/freebsd/automate.py
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+import sys
+sys.path.append('../../scripts')
+import base
+import os
+import subprocess
+
+def get_branch_name(directory):
+  cur_dir = os.getcwd()
+  os.chdir(directory)
+  # detect build_tools branch
+  #command = "git branch --show-current"
+  command = "git symbolic-ref --short -q HEAD"
+  popen = subprocess.Popen(command, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, shell=True)
+  current_branch = "master"
+  try:
+    stdout, stderr = popen.communicate()
+    popen.wait()
+    current_branch = stdout.strip().decode("utf-8")
+  finally:
+    popen.stdout.close()
+    popen.stderr.close()
+  os.chdir(cur_dir)
+  return current_branch
+
+def install_deps():
+  if base.is_file("./packages_complete"):
+    return
+
+  # dependencies
+  packages = ["git-lite",
+  	      "bash",
+  	      "png",
+	      "jpeg-turbo",
+	      "p7zip",
+	      "qt5-qmake",
+	      "boost-libs",
+	      "openjdk8",
+	      "openjdk11",
+	      "subversion"]
+
+#  base.cmd("sudo", ["pkg", "install"] + packages)
+  base.set_env('QT_SELECT', 'qt5')
+
+  # nodejs
+#  if not base.is_file("./node_js_setup_10.x"):
+#    base.cmd("sudo", ["touch", "./node_js_setup_10.x"])
+#    base.cmd("sudo", ["npm", "install", "-g", "npm@6"])
+
+  return
+
+if not base.is_file("./node_js_setup_10.x"):
+  print("install dependencies...")
+  install_deps()
+
+if not base.is_dir("./qt"):
+    base.cmd("mkdir", ["qt",])
+    base.cmd("ln", ["-s", "/usr/local/lib/qt5", "qt/clang_64"])
+
+# Apply a patch on the node_gyp cache in case of npm-node10 use..
+#base.cmd("bash", ["patch_nodegyp.sh",])
+
+branch = get_branch_name("../..")
+
+array_args = sys.argv[1:]
+array_modules = []
+
+config = {}
+for arg in array_args:
+  if (0 == arg.find("--")):
+    indexEq = arg.find("=")
+    if (-1 != indexEq):
+      config[arg[2:indexEq]] = arg[indexEq + 1:]
+  else:
+    # XXX Currently only server has been checked for compilation under FreeBSD
+    if arg != 'server': 
+    	print("module %s not supported yet under FreeBSD" % arg)
+    array_modules.append(arg)
+
+if ("branch" in config):
+  branch = config["branch"]
+
+print("---------------------------------------------")
+print("build branch: " + branch)
+print("---------------------------------------------")
+
+modules = " ".join(array_modules)
+# XXX Currently only server has been checked for compilation under FreeBSD
+if "" == modules:
+  modules = "server"
+
+print("---------------------------------------------")
+print("build modules: " + modules)
+print("---------------------------------------------")
+
+build_tools_params = ["--branch", branch, 
+                      "--module", modules, 
+                      "--update", "1",
+                      "--platform", "freebsd_64",
+                      "--qt-dir", os.getcwd() + "/qt"]
+
+base.cmd_in_dir("../..", "./configure.py", build_tools_params)
+base.cmd_in_dir("../..", "./make.py")