+# "FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS" is the root location of our scripts. we expect to
+# be able to find a few things there reliably.
+export FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS
+ifeq "$(FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS)" ""
+ export FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS := $(FEISTY_MEOW_APEX)/scripts
+endif
+
+# "PRODUCTION_STORE" is where components required for building the code or
+# installers can be found.
+#hmmm: is this redundant?
+export PRODUCTION_STORE
+ifeq "$(PRODUCTION_STORE)" ""
+ PRODUCTION_STORE=$(FEISTY_MEOW_APEX)/production
+endif
+
+# "CLAM_SCRIPTS" points at where the CLAM source files are located. this is needed