Merge branch 'maint'

* maint:
  maint: targets and recipes to simplify testing on real-world packages
  build: preparatory refactoring
  build: tiny reduction in code duplication
  make flags analysis: handle more options with args
  make flags analysis: use simpler variable names
  make flags analysis: whitespace changes
  make flags analysis: embed in a subshell
  make flags analysis: be more robust
  make flags analysis: cater to GNU make 3.83 (still unreleased as of now)
  tests: expose weaknesses in make flags analysis
  tests: improve debugging output in checks on make flags analysis
  make flags analysis: refactor, to reduce code duplication
  tests: avoid one tricky use of "make -e"
  cosmetics: remove few trailing whitespace occurrences
  typofix: in NEWS (extra whitespace)
  tests: avoid a spurious error with Solaris make
  subdirs: don't return false positives for the '-k' option's presence
  header-vars: recognize more make flags ('-k' in particular)
  header-vars: simplify how make flags are determined
  tests: remove dead code from t/make-dryrun.tap
  header-vars: new variable $(am__running_with_option)
  tests: expose bug#12554 (false positives for presence of '-k' make option)

diff --cc Makefile.am
Simple merge

diff --cc NEWS
Simple merge

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