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

[Stefano Lattarini]

commit a3ee1c82b519f4ad3c98ddfdfdb0332f54c9d902
Merge: c95017c 6a38d74
Author: Stefano Lattarini <address@hidden>
Date:   Fri Nov 30 11:54:52 2012 +0100

    Merge branch 'master' into ng/master

    * master: (30 commits)
      news: we'll remove AM_PROG_MKDIR in 1.14, not 1.13
      tests: give few vala tests more significant names
      vala tests: don't use the 'posix' profile, it's no longer supported
      news: fixup: bug#8847 is fixed in 1.12.6, not in 1.12.5
      news: document the fix for automake bug#10227
      tests: fix a spurious testsuite failure on Solaris
      tests: give few aclocal tests more significant names
      tests: remove a redundant workaround for a testsuite weakness
      depcomp: remove 'icc' depmode, add 'tcc' one
      news: update w.r.t. recent depcomp changes
      tests: fix spurious failures with tcc
      depcomp: improve comments about tcc support
      depcomp: remove last relics of libtool 1.4 support
      depcomp: remove an unused variable
      depcomp: rewrite a sed invocation for less quoting
      depcomp: whitespace fixes
      depcomp: shell code style changes
      depcomp: make some code more self-documenting
      depcomp: less duplication between AIX and Tru64 modes
      depcomp: avoid an extra fork when possible
      ...

    Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <address@hidden>