Merge branch 'minor'

Merge branch 'minor'

* minor:
  tests: fix spurious failure when zip is present but unzip is not
  tests: fix spurious failure due to localization issues
  NEWS: update with the changes since v1.14
  docs: correct typos in the fix-timestamp.sh script
  python: byte-compile nobase_*_PYTHON files only once
  cosmetics: typofix in the 'missing' script
  test: avoid false positives in 'cc-no-c-o' script
  test harness: improve catching of usage errors in script 'test-driver'
  tests: fix a spurious failure on NetBSD-current
  am-ft: make the environment available earlier
  NEWS: post-release tweaks (for 1.14.x series)
  tests: avoid a spurious failure on MacOS X 10.6.8
  tests: don't risk hanging on the 'cl' requirement