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

[Stefano Lattarini]

commit 61e23e47ebb7f89ff0933c9dd5a4f61bdde5b636
Merge: eee3aff 43619a0
Author: Stefano Lattarini <address@hidden>
Date:   Mon Jul 23 16:27:22 2012 +0200

    Merge branch 'master' into ng/master

    * master:
      tests: avoid a spurious failure with Solaris /bin/sh
      tests: fix buglet in t/missing3.sh
      self tests: avoid spurious failures on older bash
      tests: remove t/parallel-tests-many.sh (fixes spurious failure)
      typofix: in a comment in the automake script
      news: minor fixlets and reordering

    + Extra non-trivial edits:

    * t/parallel-tests-many.sh: Do not deleted; keep the correct and
    improved version from the 'ng/master' branch.

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