Merge branch 'maint' into master

[Stefano Lattarini]

commit 26b78559eef83ee5535564c782680f33fd9899f5
Merge: df23daf d8f47b1
Author: Stefano Lattarini <address@hidden>
Date:   Sat Oct 27 11:57:43 2012 +0200

    Merge branch 'maint'

    * maint:
      depcomp: avoid potential interferences from the environment
      depcomp: improve comments about the 'gcc' depmode
      sync: update files from upstream with "make fetch"
      maintcheck: remove an obsolescent check
      tests: rename some tests to more expressive names, again
      tests: remove an obsolescent grepping check
      tests: merge two tests on automatic remake functionality
      tests: rename some test to more expressive names
      news: 'compile' supports libfoo.a naming when wrapping Microsoft tools
      tests: ensure generation of wrapper tests matching multiple conditions
      tests: simplify a loop in gen-testsuite-part
      compile: support libfoo.a naming when wrapping Microsoft tools
      NEWS: fix wording and grammaros, re-wrap text accordingly
      cosmetics: fix typo in 'lib/depcomp' comments

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