[FYI] merged maint into branch-1.11

[Stefano Lattarini]

commit ca29afc5aed617f61e11b155b21034690329ac67
Merge: dac3254 ca0ba5d
Author:     Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattar...@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Sun Dec 4 13:24:57 2011 +0100
Commit:     Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattar...@gmail.com>
CommitDate: Sun Dec 4 13:24:57 2011 +0100

    Merge branch 'maint' into branch-1.11
    
    * maint:
      tests: fix spurious failures due to missing 'yywrap()' function
      depcomp: spelling fix
      tests: fix 'distcheck-override-infodir.test' on Cygwin