maint: Post-release administrivia

* NEWS: Add header line for next release.
* configure.ac (AC_INIT): Bump version number to 1.16b.
* m4/amversion.m4: Likewise (auto-updated by "make bootstrap").

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index efc20f75b9b03ea5e1be5e7178f7a98c5daa63d1..fc5a93d514892b89779fabcefb52ab66fe9eae87 100644 (file)
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -62,6 +62,10 @@
 
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
+New in ?.?.?:
+
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
 New in 1.16.2:
 
 * New features added

diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 80a5e8e3828e192cf32c7388dffff1b55dad96fd..9b87319f7bae7c468d3857488d3311ebad0edd19 100644 (file)
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 # along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 AC_PREREQ([2.69])
-AC_INIT([GNU Automake], [1.16.2], [bug-automake@gnu.org])
+AC_INIT([GNU Automake], [1.16b], [bug-automake@gnu.org])
 
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([bin/automake.in])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([lib])

diff --git a/m4/amversion.m4 b/m4/amversion.m4
index 62aab0a69b20ebde2d303920fc435a5c49fe7269..d7c531d7b5a6ef4b9911a9b4ff35da70cc877fb4 100644 (file)
--- a/m4/amversion.m4
+++ b/m4/amversion.m4
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([AM_AUTOMAKE_VERSION],
 [am__api_version='1.16'
 dnl Some users find AM_AUTOMAKE_VERSION and mistake it for a way to
 dnl require some minimum version.  Point them to the right macro.
-m4_if([$1], [1.16.2], [],
+m4_if([$1], [1.16b], [],
       [AC_FATAL([Do not call $0, use AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([$1]).])])dnl
 ])
 
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ m4_define([_AM_AUTOCONF_VERSION], [])
 # Call AM_AUTOMAKE_VERSION and AM_AUTOMAKE_VERSION so they can be traced.
 # This function is AC_REQUIREd by AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE.
 AC_DEFUN([AM_SET_CURRENT_AUTOMAKE_VERSION],
-[AM_AUTOMAKE_VERSION([1.16.2])dnl
+[AM_AUTOMAKE_VERSION([1.16b])dnl
 m4_ifndef([AC_AUTOCONF_VERSION],
   [m4_copy([m4_PACKAGE_VERSION], [AC_AUTOCONF_VERSION])])dnl
 _AM_AUTOCONF_VERSION(m4_defn([AC_AUTOCONF_VERSION]))])