maint: Post-release administrivia

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

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 06726ee4d76f528b30540ae20cbff81ec4ecf543..0d219beee026813154cd3e5686021e7e3a6ba7d4 100644 (file)
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -62,6 +62,10 @@
 
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
+New in ?.?.?:
+
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
 New in 1.16:
 
 * Miscellaneous changes

diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index ef379639aad0bbeddb239fb493bdb859fffa0e33..b16b393e846aa9c8e081ae5309c9116a700bef2e 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], [bug-automake@gnu.org])
+AC_INIT([GNU Automake], [1.16a], [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 9e06a9ecf0742f066086bf738853e3a3929d3f0d..d216ce8edbd2860332117dc40f3d88ec5bcb8d40 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], [],
+m4_if([$1], [1.16a], [],
       [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])dnl
+[AM_AUTOMAKE_VERSION([1.16a])dnl
 m4_ifndef([AC_AUTOCONF_VERSION],
   [m4_copy([m4_PACKAGE_VERSION], [AC_AUTOCONF_VERSION])])dnl
 _AM_AUTOCONF_VERSION(m4_defn([AC_AUTOCONF_VERSION]))])