diff --git a/releng.control/checkout.xml b/releng.control/checkout.xml
index f1dff1023602165cce2049df3a78bdfd44502d4b..77b1f2e2b3f255a399136861ebf8c9ed81ead001 100644
--- a/releng.control/checkout.xml
+++ b/releng.control/checkout.xml
@@ -2,59 +2,12 @@
     name="checkout"
     default="checkout"
     basedir=".">
-    <!--
-        Standard properties pattern. Note: to be cross-platform,
-        "environment variables" are only appropriate for some variables,
-        e.g. ones we set, since properties are case sensitive, even if
-        the environment variables on your operating system are not, e.g.
-        it will be ${env.Path} not ${env.PATH} on Windows
-    -->
-    <property environment="env"/>
-    <!--
-        Let users override standard properties, if desired. If
-        directory, file, or some properties do not exist, then standard
-        properties will be used.
-    -->
-    <property file="${env.LOCAL_BUILD_PROPERTIES_DIR}/${ant.project.name}.properties"/>
-    <fail
-        unless="projectname"
-        message="a projectname is required"/>
 
-    <!-- if not otherwise set, the following are good default values -->
-    <property
-        name="checkout.builder.clean"
-        value="true"/>
-    <property
-        name="mapVersionTag"
-        value="HEAD"/>
-    <property
-        name="cvsProtocol"
-        value="${env.BUILD_CVS_WRITE_PROTOCOL}"/>
-    <property
-        name="cvsUser"
-        value="${env.BUILD_CVS_WRITE_USER}"/>
-    <property
-        name="cvsServer"
-        value="${env.BUILD_CVS_SERVER}"/>
-    <property
-        name="cvsRoot"
-        value="${env.BUILD_CVS_ROOT}"/>
-
-    <!-- end required defaults-if-not-set -->
-
-
-    <!-- standard computed properties. Should not have to be changed. -->
-    <property
-        name="mapCvsRoot"
-        value=":${cvsProtocol}:${cvsUser}@${cvsServer}:${cvsRoot}"/>
-    <property
-        name="codir"
-        value="${env.PROJECT_BUILDERS}/${projectname}"/>
-    <echo message="projectname: ${projectname}"/>
 
     <!-- main  -->
     <target
         name="checkout"
+        depends="init"
         if="projectname">
         <!-- we always check and init the builder -->
         <antcall target="getbuilder"/>
@@ -65,7 +18,7 @@
     -->
     <target
         name="getbuilder"
-        depends="check.clean,initBuilders"
+        depends="init,check.clean,initBuilders"
         if="doClean">
         <!--
             This is a special property file, that contains (only) the
@@ -100,7 +53,8 @@
         set doClean property checkout.build.clean is set in
         checkout.properties from the project properties directory
     -->
-    <target name="check.clean">
+    <target name="check.clean"
+        depends="init">
         <echo message="checkout.builder.clean: ${checkout.builder.clean}"/>
         <condition property="doClean">
             <equals
@@ -118,7 +72,7 @@
     -->
     <target
         name="initBuilders"
-        depends="check.clean"
+        depends="init,check.clean"
         if="doClean">
     	
     	<!-- Note: it is important to remove 'codir', which is <projectBuidlers>/<project> so it
@@ -136,4 +90,59 @@
             dest="${codir}"
             tag="${mapVersionTag}"/>
     </target>
+
+    <target name="init" unless="checkout.initialized">
+                <!--
+                    Standard properties pattern. Note: to be cross-platform,
+                    "environment variables" are only appropriate for some variables,
+                    e.g. ones we set, since properties are case sensitive, even if
+                    the environment variables on your operating system are not, e.g.
+                    it will be ${env.Path} not ${env.PATH} on Windows
+                -->
+        <property environment="env"/>
+                <!--
+                    Let users override standard properties, if desired. If
+                    directory, file, or some properties do not exist, then standard
+                    properties will be used.
+                -->
+        <property file="${env.LOCAL_BUILD_PROPERTIES_DIR}/${ant.project.name}.properties"/>
+        <fail
+            unless="projectname"
+            message="a projectname is required"/>
+
+                <!-- if not otherwise set, the following are good default values -->
+        <property
+            name="checkout.builder.clean"
+            value="true"/>
+        <property
+            name="mapVersionTag"
+            value="HEAD"/>
+        <property
+            name="cvsProtocol"
+            value="${env.BUILD_CVS_WRITE_PROTOCOL}"/>
+        <property
+            name="cvsUser"
+            value="${env.BUILD_CVS_WRITE_USER}"/>
+        <property
+            name="cvsServer"
+            value="${env.BUILD_CVS_SERVER}"/>
+        <property
+            name="cvsRoot"
+            value="${env.BUILD_CVS_ROOT}"/>
+
+                <!-- end required defaults-if-not-set -->
+
+
+                <!-- standard computed properties. Should not have to be changed. -->
+        <property
+            name="mapCvsRoot"
+            value=":${cvsProtocol}:${cvsUser}@${cvsServer}:${cvsRoot}"/>
+        <property
+            name="codir"
+            value="${env.PROJECT_BUILDERS}/${projectname}"/>
+        <echo message="projectname: ${projectname}"/>
+        
+        <property name="checkout.initialized" value="true"/>
+
+    </target>
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/releng.control/get-relengControl.sh b/releng.control/get-relengControl.sh
index b27c1eeec6bafdac5f22f28dfde44af8fd4f1f44..211bc2dba9b4a4112759b1ca6a4256e4e15bc823 100644
--- a/releng.control/get-relengControl.sh
+++ b/releng.control/get-relengControl.sh
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ fi
 # This CONTROLTAG controls _only_ the version of releng.control that is fetched by build administrator
 # It may, for example, contain a version of cc_config.xml where it, in turn, specifies 
 # other branches to do non standard builds (HEAD is the standard, production value) 
-#CONTROLTAG=david_williams_tempTest33
+#CONTROLTAG=david_williams_tempTest36
 CONTROLTAG=HEAD
 echo "    checking out $CONTROLTAG of ${RELENG_CONTROL} from cvs "
 echo "    using :${BUILD_CVS_READ_PROTOCOL}:${BUILD_CVS_READ_USER}@dev.eclipse.org: "