[Automake-ng] [FYI] Merge branch 'master' into ng/master

[Stefano Lattarini]

commit c98ed25fae15d4c8dcbd61cb0b07c1bef79145ea
Merge: 38799f2 a5062ef
Author:     Stefano Lattarini <address@hidden>
AuthorDate: Mon Mar 19 12:58:56 2012 +0100
Commit:     Stefano Lattarini <address@hidden>
CommitDate: Mon Mar 19 12:58:56 2012 +0100

    Merge branch 'master' into ng/master

    * master:
      tests: fix spurious failures caused by uses of 'configure.in'
      install-mans: avoid spurious failure with NetBSD make
      install: don't create empty dirs when an empty 'foo_PRIMARY' is used
      aclocal: remove a couple of useless imports
      aclocal: create local directory where to install m4 files
      python: avoid failures due to $(am__py_compile) being undefined
      python: expose automake bug#10995
      tests: one more use of 'unindent' function
      tests: remove redundant 'set -e' calls
      tests: fix spurious failure with older m4
      tests: avoid spurious failures in get-sysconf.test
      scripts: bump the depcomp scriptversion
      sync: some auxiliary files synced from upstream
      coverage: an empty foo_PRIMARY should create directory $(foodir)
      coverage: make sure am__py_compile is defined when needed
      coverage: expose automake bug#10997
      coverage: expose automake bug#10975
      getopt: relax version requirement for perl