* HACKING (Release Procedure): Recommend a secure automake.

(cherry picked from commit d2829fdc040f928cc3596725783183f9af8ca5af)

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+2009-12-31  Joel E. Denny  <jdenny@clemson.edu>
+
+       * HACKING (Release Procedure): Recommend a secure automake.
+
 2009-12-29  Joel E. Denny  <jdenny@clemson.edu>
 
        portability: `<' and `>' are not always defined on addresses.

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   Bison 2.3b
 
+** make distcheck
+Be sure to use automake 1.10.3, 1.11.1, or later in order to avoid the
+security issue described here:
+
+  http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.sysutils.autotools.announce/131
+
 ** Push
 Once `make distcheck' passes, push your changes and the tag.
 `git push' without arguments will not push the tag.