diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a68b4b1c1c3..d1ab56c5ab9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -32,23 +32,3 @@
 /Makefile.in
 /mged
 
-/.deps
-/.libs
-/Makefile
-/Makefile.in
-/bntester
-/libbn.plg
-/.deps
-/.libs
-/Makefile
-/Makefile.in
-/htester
-/libbu.plg
-/timetester
-/.deps
-/.libs
-/Makefile
-/Makefile.in
-/pc_test
-/vm_test
-/solver_test
diff --git a/HACKING b/HACKING
index c9e260d011b..da9aeeca387 100644
--- a/HACKING
+++ b/HACKING
@@ -1145,7 +1145,7 @@ previous sync are included and that STABLE matches trunk.
     svn co https://brlcad.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/brlcad/brlcad/branches/STABLE brlcad.STABLE && cd brlcad.STABLE
     svn merge https://brlcad.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/brlcad/brlcad/trunk@$PREV https://brlcad.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/brlcad/brlcad/trunk@HEAD .
     sh autogen.sh && ./configure --enable-all && make distcheck
-    export CURR=`svn log --xml -rHEAD https://brlcad.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/brlcad/brlcad/trunk | grep 'revision=' | sed 's/.*="\([0-9][0-9]*\)".*/\1/g'`
+    export CURR=`svn log --xml https://brlcad.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/brlcad/brlcad/trunk | grep 'revision=' | head -n 1 | sed 's/.*="\([0-9][0-9]*\)".*/\1/g'`
     svn commit -m "merge trunk to STABLE from r$PREV to HEAD r$CURR"
 
 7) Tag the release using "rel-MAJOR-MINOR-PATCH" format:
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 75dd3f27136..1e9ccd03631 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@ acceleration techniques for faster raytracing of triangle mesh models.
 TIE was experimentally developed over several years as part of
 BRL-CAD's Advanced Distributed Ray Tracer (ADRT) tool suite.  As this
 is the initial integration, TIE is available but presently disabled by
-default.  The engine optimiation is configurably integrated with LIBRT
-mesh (BoT) raytracing and optionally enabled via settings available in
-RT and MGED.  Inital testing of "real-world" models shows average
-improvements around 20-60% while individual meshes with high (1M+)
-face counts are rendering more than 2000% faster than before.
+default.  The engine optimization is configurably integrated with
+LIBRT mesh (BoT) raytracing and optionally enabled via settings
+available in RT and MGED.  Inital testing of "real-world" models shows
+average improvements around 20-60% while individual meshes with high
+(1M+) face counts are rendering more than 2000% faster than before.
 
 Also included in this release is the development of a new "shp-g"
 geometry importer for Shapefile data.  Shapefiles are a common file
diff --git a/src/other/libpng/Makefile.am b/src/other/libpng/Makefile.am
index 9876c7909b2..9d355d470ae 100644
--- a/src/other/libpng/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/other/libpng/Makefile.am
@@ -134,3 +134,5 @@ uninstall-hook:
 	cd $(DESTDIR)$(includedir); rm -f png.h pngconf.h
 	rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(pkgconfigdir)/libpng.pc
 	rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/libpng-config
+
+depends: