Merge branch 'minor'

* minor:
  Fix stupid typo in test, causing spurious failure
  sync: update third-part files from upstream
  Make sure AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE has a trailing newline
  dist: adjust warning messages about shar and tarZ deprecation
  docs: improve description of ${PACKAGE}, ${VERSION}, and similar variables

diff --cc NEWS
Simple merge

diff --cc doc/automake.texi
Simple merge

diff --cc m4/init.m4
Simple merge

diff --cc t/list-of-tests.mk
Simple merge