* merged from mainline

diff --combined configure.in
index 4c5583a0f5e7fd692399d01b882728fb5df8fb15,4c5583a0f5e7fd692399d01b882728fb5df8fb15..2c4bbcb6fb3c8206df0b1d232a23a29eabddcad3
--- 1/configure.in
--- 2/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@@ -18,7 -18,7 +18,7 @@@ AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR(buildlib
  AC_CONFIG_HEADER(include/config.h:buildlib/config.h.in include/apti18n.h:buildlib/apti18n.h.in)
  
  dnl -- SET THIS TO THE RELEASE VERSION --
--AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(VERSION,"0.6.43.4")
++AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(VERSION,"0.6.44")
  PACKAGE="apt"
  AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(PACKAGE,"$PACKAGE")
  AC_SUBST(PACKAGE)