[FYI]Merge branch 'maint', into master

[Stefano Lattarini]

commit 2a7c9aeaab41f9bf66a92a68e1fe186b2af89038
Merge: 3e472de 706f26b
Author: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattar...@gmail.com>
Date:   Sun Aug 5 17:45:07 2012 +0200

    Merge branch 'maint'

    * maint:
      tests: avoid spurious failures with older Texinfo
      tests: avoid tons of spurious failures on NetBSD
      runtest: avoid spurious failures on NetBSD
      news: dependency tracking for Portland Group Compilers is now supported