Download waf (http://code.google.com/p/waf/)
Download autowaf (http://svn.drobilla.net/autowaf)

* MAKE SURE that the --debug option is set to True by default (drobilla's
  original sets it to False by default)

From within the waf source tree, run:

./waf-light -v --make-waf --tools=misc,doxygen,/path/to/autowaf.py --prelude=''
cp ./waf /path/to/ardour/3.0/waf