Merge branch 'maint'

* maint:
  use obstack_printf
  scanner: restore a missing start condition
  gnulib: update
  maint: post-release administrivia
  version 2.6.1
  gnulib: update
  maint: fix some syntax-check issues
  tests: do not depend on __cplusplus to decide for C++ or C output

Conflicts:
	NEWS
	bootstrap.conf
	cfg.mk
	lib/.gitignore