diff -r 5060ea24c9fa Tools/buildbot/external-common.bat
--- a/Tools/buildbot/external-common.bat	Wed Dec 10 11:04:17 2014 -0500
+++ b/Tools/buildbot/external-common.bat	Sun Jan 04 08:41:03 2015 +0100
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 @rem Common file shared between external.bat and external-amd64.bat.  Responsible for
 @rem fetching external components into the root\externals directory.
 
+if "%SVNROOT%"=="" set SVNROOT=http://svn.python.org/projects/external/
+
 if not exist externals mkdir externals
 cd externals
 @rem XXX: If you need to force the buildbots to start from a fresh environment, uncomment
@@ -31,31 +33,31 @@
 @rem bzip
 if not exist bzip2-1.0.6 (
    rd /s/q bzip2-1.0.5
-  svn export http://svn.python.org/projects/external/bzip2-1.0.6
+  svn export %SVNROOT%bzip2-1.0.6
 )
 
 @rem Berkeley DB
 if exist db-4.4.20 rd /s/q db-4.4.20
-if not exist db-4.7.25.0 svn export http://svn.python.org/projects/external/db-4.7.25.0
+if not exist db-4.7.25.0 svn export %SVNROOT%db-4.7.25.0
 
 @rem NASM, for OpenSSL build
 @rem if exist nasm-2.11.06 rd /s/q nasm-2.11.06
-if not exist nasm-2.11.06 svn export http://svn.python.org/projects/external/nasm-2.11.06
+if not exist nasm-2.11.06 svn export %SVNROOT%nasm-2.11.06
 
 @rem OpenSSL
 if exist openssl-1.0.1i rd /s/q openssl-1.0.1i
-if not exist openssl-1.0.1j svn export http://svn.python.org/projects/external/openssl-1.0.1j
+if not exist openssl-1.0.1j svn export %SVNROOT%openssl-1.0.1j
 
 @rem tcl/tk
 if not exist tcl-8.5.15.0 (
    rd /s/q tcltk tcltk64 tcl-8.5.2.1 tk-8.5.2.0
-   svn export http://svn.python.org/projects/external/tcl-8.5.15.0
+   svn export %SVNROOT%tcl-8.5.15.0
 )
-if not exist tk-8.5.15.0 svn export http://svn.python.org/projects/external/tk-8.5.15.0
-if not exist tix-8.4.3.5 svn export http://svn.python.org/projects/external/tix-8.4.3.5
+if not exist tk-8.5.15.0 svn export %SVNROOT%tk-8.5.15.0
+if not exist tix-8.4.3.5 svn export %SVNROOT%tix-8.4.3.5
 
 @rem sqlite3
 if not exist sqlite-3.6.21 (
   rd /s/q sqlite-source-3.3.4
-  svn export http://svn.python.org/projects/external/sqlite-3.6.21
+  svn export %SVNROOT%sqlite-3.6.21
 )