Merge branch 'maint' into yacc-work

* maint: (34 commits)
  tests: drop unnecessary requirement in 'subpkg.test'
  gitlog-to-changelog: new auxiliary script, synced from gnulib
  docs: "aclocal --install -I /abs/dir" actually copies files
  docs: fix node names for automake and aclocal invocations
  gitignore: use only one .gitignore file, in the top-level directory
  tests: one more fixlet for gettext macros requirement
  tests: fix handling of gettext macros requirement
  tests: fix failure due to debugging code forgotten into a test
  tests: avoid spurious failure of libtool and gettext tests
  hacking: distribute it, and mention it in the ChangeLog
  regex: deprecate the obsolete macro AM_WITH_REGEX
  maint: distribute .xz tarballs, not .bz2 ones
  maint: better use of autoconf 2.68 features
  cosmetics: use proper m4 quoting in configure.ac
  include: avoid "deleted .am file" problem
  tests: better handling of gettext and libtool requirements
  fix: typos and grammaros in comments of the new test
  tests: report useful system information in 'test-suite.log'
  python: remove relics for Python 1.5 support
  configure: remove extraneous 'eval's from AM_RUN_LOG invocations
  ...

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diff --git a/doc/amhello/.gitignore b/doc/amhello/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 466b7a61a..000000000
--- a/doc/amhello/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
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-config.h.in
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-configure
-depcomp
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diff --git a/doc/automake.texi b/doc/automake.texi
index eca7d7782..fe94f08c7 100644
--- a/doc/automake.texi
+++ b/doc/automake.texi
@@ -38,9 +38,6 @@ section entitled ``GNU Free Documentation License.''
 @end quotation
 @end copying
 
-@c info Automake  points to the Automake package's documentation
-@c info automake  points to the automake script's documentation
-@c (Autoconf has a similar setup.)
 @dircategory Software development
 @direntry
 * Automake: (automake).         Making GNU standards-compliant Makefiles.
@@ -48,8 +45,8 @@ section entitled ``GNU Free Documentation License.''
 
 @dircategory Individual utilities
 @direntry
-* aclocal: (automake)Invoking aclocal.          Generating aclocal.m4.
-* automake: (automake)Invoking Automake.        Generating Makefile.in.
+* aclocal-invocation: (automake)Invoking aclocal.    Generating aclocal.m4.
+* automake-invocation: (automake)Invoking Automake.  Generating Makefile.in.
 @end direntry
 
 @titlepage
@@ -3227,6 +3224,8 @@ Add the directory @var{dir} to the list of directories searched for
 Install system-wide third-party macros into the first directory
 specified with @samp{-I @var{dir}} instead of copying them in the
 output file.
+@c The following semantics is checked by `aclocal-install-absdir.test'.
+Note that this will happen also if @var{dir} is an absolute path.
 
 @cindex serial number and @option{--install}
 When this option is used, and only when this option is used,
@@ -4037,19 +4036,6 @@ Add support for the @uref{http://dmalloc.com/, Dmalloc package}.  If
 the user runs @command{configure} with @option{--with-dmalloc}, then
 define @code{WITH_DMALLOC} and add @option{-ldmalloc} to @code{LIBS}.
 
-@item AM_WITH_REGEX
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-@cindex regex package
-@cindex rx package
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-specified (the default), then the @samp{regex} regular expression
-library is used, @file{regex.o} is put into @code{LIBOBJS}, and
-@code{WITH_REGEX} is defined.  If @option{--without-regex} is given, then
-the @code{rx} regular expression library is used, and @file{rx.o} is put
-into @code{LIBOBJS}.
-
 @end table
 
 
@@ -4127,6 +4113,21 @@ system.  If so, set the shell variable @code{am_cv_sys_posix_termios} to
 @samp{yes}.  If not, set the variable to @samp{no}.  This macro is obsolete,
 you should use Autoconf's @code{AC_SYS_POSIX_TERMIOS} instead.
 
+@item AM_WITH_REGEX
+@acindex AM_WITH_REGEX
+@vindex WITH_REGEX
+@opindex --with-regex
+@cindex regex package
+@cindex rx package
+Adds @option{--with-regex} to the @command{configure} command line.  If
+specified (the default), then the @samp{regex} regular expression
+library is used, @file{regex.o} is put into @code{LIBOBJS}, and
+@code{WITH_REGEX} is defined.  If @option{--without-regex} is given, then
+the @samp{rx} regular expression library is used, and @file{rx.o} is put
+into @code{LIBOBJS}.  This macro is obsolete now (since @samp{rx} doesn't
+seem to be maintained), and @emph{will be removed the next major version
+of Automake}.  Consider using gnulib if you need regex functionality.
+
 @end table