[FYI] Merge branch 'maint' into master

[Stefano Lattarini]

commit d7a59576910338592410afd23bb726348fa59000
Merge: 6a38d74 319ae3d
Author: Stefano Lattarini <address@hidden>
Date:   Sun Dec 9 21:55:32 2012 +0100

    Merge branch 'maint'

    * maint:
      docs: AM_CFLAGS: remove reference to non-existing "more detailed" desc
      maintcheck: prefer '$(am__cd)' over plain 'cd'
      fetch: improve, and reduce code duplication
      docs: add rule to generate manuals for www.gnu.org
      docs: copy the 'gendocs.sh' script from Texinfo CVS repository
      sync: update files from upstream with "make fetch"
      release: generate a stub for the release announcement
      release: distinguish major and minor releases
      tests: avoid two spurious failures on FreeBSD