Always use the newest released copies of files brought in from Automake.
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 1e859bd..cff9a82 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 2016-12-04  Bruno Haible  <bruno@clisp.org>
 
+	Always use the newest released copies of files brought in from Automake.
+	* Makefile.devel (srclib/Makefile.in): Make sure to get new versions of
+	files brought in by automake.
+	* build-aux/install-sh: Remove from version control.
+	* build-aux/missing: Likewise.
+
+2016-12-04  Bruno Haible  <bruno@clisp.org>
+
 	Always use the newest copies of config.guess, config.sub.
 	* Makefile.devel (gnulib-imported-files): New target.
 	* autogen.sh: Invoke it.
diff --git a/Makefile.devel b/Makefile.devel
index c4f1db8..1594f0f 100644
--- a/Makefile.devel
+++ b/Makefile.devel
@@ -91,7 +91,9 @@
 	  $$GNULIB_TOOL --copy-file build-aux/ar-lib; \
 	  $$GNULIB_TOOL --copy-file build-aux/compile; \
 	fi
-	$(AUTOMAKE) --gnits --add-missing srclib/Makefile
+# Make sure we get new versions of files brought in by automake.
+	(cd build-aux && rm -f ar-lib compile depcomp install-sh mdate-sh missing test-driver)
+	$(AUTOMAKE) --gnits --add-missing --copy srclib/Makefile
 
 gnulib-imported-files : force
 	if test -n "$$GNULIB_TOOL"; then \
diff --git a/build-aux/install-sh b/build-aux/install-sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 1a83534..0000000
--- a/build-aux/install-sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,323 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-# install - install a program, script, or datafile
-
-scriptversion=2005-02-02.21
-
-# This originates from X11R5 (mit/util/scripts/install.sh), which was
-# later released in X11R6 (xc/config/util/install.sh) with the
-# following copyright and license.
-#
-# Copyright (C) 1994 X Consortium
-#
-# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
-# of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to
-# deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the
-# rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or
-# sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
-# furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
-#
-# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
-# all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
-#
-# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
-# IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
-# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
-# X CONSORTIUM BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN
-# AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNEC-
-# TION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
-#
-# Except as contained in this notice, the name of the X Consortium shall not
-# be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the sale, use or other deal-
-# ings in this Software without prior written authorization from the X Consor-
-# tium.
-#
-#
-# FSF changes to this file are in the public domain.
-#
-# Calling this script install-sh is preferred over install.sh, to prevent
-# `make' implicit rules from creating a file called install from it
-# when there is no Makefile.
-#
-# This script is compatible with the BSD install script, but was written
-# from scratch.  It can only install one file at a time, a restriction
-# shared with many OS's install programs.
-
-# set DOITPROG to echo to test this script
-
-# Don't use :- since 4.3BSD and earlier shells don't like it.
-doit="${DOITPROG-}"
-
-# put in absolute paths if you don't have them in your path; or use env. vars.
-
-mvprog="${MVPROG-mv}"
-cpprog="${CPPROG-cp}"
-chmodprog="${CHMODPROG-chmod}"
-chownprog="${CHOWNPROG-chown}"
-chgrpprog="${CHGRPPROG-chgrp}"
-stripprog="${STRIPPROG-strip}"
-rmprog="${RMPROG-rm}"
-mkdirprog="${MKDIRPROG-mkdir}"
-
-chmodcmd="$chmodprog 0755"
-chowncmd=
-chgrpcmd=
-stripcmd=
-rmcmd="$rmprog -f"
-mvcmd="$mvprog"
-src=
-dst=
-dir_arg=
-dstarg=
-no_target_directory=
-
-usage="Usage: $0 [OPTION]... [-T] SRCFILE DSTFILE
-   or: $0 [OPTION]... SRCFILES... DIRECTORY
-   or: $0 [OPTION]... -t DIRECTORY SRCFILES...
-   or: $0 [OPTION]... -d DIRECTORIES...
-
-In the 1st form, copy SRCFILE to DSTFILE.
-In the 2nd and 3rd, copy all SRCFILES to DIRECTORY.
-In the 4th, create DIRECTORIES.
-
-Options:
--c         (ignored)
--d         create directories instead of installing files.
--g GROUP   $chgrpprog installed files to GROUP.
--m MODE    $chmodprog installed files to MODE.
--o USER    $chownprog installed files to USER.
--s         $stripprog installed files.
--t DIRECTORY  install into DIRECTORY.
--T         report an error if DSTFILE is a directory.
---help     display this help and exit.
---version  display version info and exit.
-
-Environment variables override the default commands:
-  CHGRPPROG CHMODPROG CHOWNPROG CPPROG MKDIRPROG MVPROG RMPROG STRIPPROG
-"
-
-while test -n "$1"; do
-  case $1 in
-    -c) shift
-        continue;;
-
-    -d) dir_arg=true
-        shift
-        continue;;
-
-    -g) chgrpcmd="$chgrpprog $2"
-        shift
-        shift
-        continue;;
-
-    --help) echo "$usage"; exit $?;;
-
-    -m) chmodcmd="$chmodprog $2"
-        shift
-        shift
-        continue;;
-
-    -o) chowncmd="$chownprog $2"
-        shift
-        shift
-        continue;;
-
-    -s) stripcmd=$stripprog
-        shift
-        continue;;
-
-    -t) dstarg=$2
-	shift
-	shift
-	continue;;
-
-    -T) no_target_directory=true
-	shift
-	continue;;
-
-    --version) echo "$0 $scriptversion"; exit $?;;
-
-    *)  # When -d is used, all remaining arguments are directories to create.
-	# When -t is used, the destination is already specified.
-	test -n "$dir_arg$dstarg" && break
-        # Otherwise, the last argument is the destination.  Remove it from $@.
-	for arg
-	do
-          if test -n "$dstarg"; then
-	    # $@ is not empty: it contains at least $arg.
-	    set fnord "$@" "$dstarg"
-	    shift # fnord
-	  fi
-	  shift # arg
-	  dstarg=$arg
-	done
-	break;;
-  esac
-done
-
-if test -z "$1"; then
-  if test -z "$dir_arg"; then
-    echo "$0: no input file specified." >&2
-    exit 1
-  fi
-  # It's OK to call `install-sh -d' without argument.
-  # This can happen when creating conditional directories.
-  exit 0
-fi
-
-for src
-do
-  # Protect names starting with `-'.
-  case $src in
-    -*) src=./$src ;;
-  esac
-
-  if test -n "$dir_arg"; then
-    dst=$src
-    src=
-
-    if test -d "$dst"; then
-      mkdircmd=:
-      chmodcmd=
-    else
-      mkdircmd=$mkdirprog
-    fi
-  else
-    # Waiting for this to be detected by the "$cpprog $src $dsttmp" command
-    # might cause directories to be created, which would be especially bad
-    # if $src (and thus $dsttmp) contains '*'.
-    if test ! -f "$src" && test ! -d "$src"; then
-      echo "$0: $src does not exist." >&2
-      exit 1
-    fi
-
-    if test -z "$dstarg"; then
-      echo "$0: no destination specified." >&2
-      exit 1
-    fi
-
-    dst=$dstarg
-    # Protect names starting with `-'.
-    case $dst in
-      -*) dst=./$dst ;;
-    esac
-
-    # If destination is a directory, append the input filename; won't work
-    # if double slashes aren't ignored.
-    if test -d "$dst"; then
-      if test -n "$no_target_directory"; then
-	echo "$0: $dstarg: Is a directory" >&2
-	exit 1
-      fi
-      dst=$dst/`basename "$src"`
-    fi
-  fi
-
-  # This sed command emulates the dirname command.
-  dstdir=`echo "$dst" | sed -e 's,/*$,,;s,[^/]*$,,;s,/*$,,;s,^$,.,'`
-
-  # Make sure that the destination directory exists.
-
-  # Skip lots of stat calls in the usual case.
-  if test ! -d "$dstdir"; then
-    defaultIFS='
-	 '
-    IFS="${IFS-$defaultIFS}"
-
-    oIFS=$IFS
-    # Some sh's can't handle IFS=/ for some reason.
-    IFS='%'
-    set x `echo "$dstdir" | sed -e 's@/@%@g' -e 's@^%@/@'`
-    shift
-    IFS=$oIFS
-
-    pathcomp=
-
-    while test $# -ne 0 ; do
-      pathcomp=$pathcomp$1
-      shift
-      if test ! -d "$pathcomp"; then
-        $mkdirprog "$pathcomp"
-	# mkdir can fail with a `File exist' error in case several
-	# install-sh are creating the directory concurrently.  This
-	# is OK.
-	test -d "$pathcomp" || exit
-      fi
-      pathcomp=$pathcomp/
-    done
-  fi
-
-  if test -n "$dir_arg"; then
-    $doit $mkdircmd "$dst" \
-      && { test -z "$chowncmd" || $doit $chowncmd "$dst"; } \
-      && { test -z "$chgrpcmd" || $doit $chgrpcmd "$dst"; } \
-      && { test -z "$stripcmd" || $doit $stripcmd "$dst"; } \
-      && { test -z "$chmodcmd" || $doit $chmodcmd "$dst"; }
-
-  else
-    dstfile=`basename "$dst"`
-
-    # Make a couple of temp file names in the proper directory.
-    dsttmp=$dstdir/_inst.$$_
-    rmtmp=$dstdir/_rm.$$_
-
-    # Trap to clean up those temp files at exit.
-    trap 'ret=$?; rm -f "$dsttmp" "$rmtmp" && exit $ret' 0
-    trap '(exit $?); exit' 1 2 13 15
-
-    # Copy the file name to the temp name.
-    $doit $cpprog "$src" "$dsttmp" &&
-
-    # and set any options; do chmod last to preserve setuid bits.
-    #
-    # If any of these fail, we abort the whole thing.  If we want to
-    # ignore errors from any of these, just make sure not to ignore
-    # errors from the above "$doit $cpprog $src $dsttmp" command.
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-    { test -z "$chowncmd" || $doit $chowncmd "$dsttmp"; } \
-      && { test -z "$chgrpcmd" || $doit $chgrpcmd "$dsttmp"; } \
-      && { test -z "$stripcmd" || $doit $stripcmd "$dsttmp"; } \
-      && { test -z "$chmodcmd" || $doit $chmodcmd "$dsttmp"; } &&
-
-    # Now rename the file to the real destination.
-    { $doit $mvcmd -f "$dsttmp" "$dstdir/$dstfile" 2>/dev/null \
-      || {
-	   # The rename failed, perhaps because mv can't rename something else
-	   # to itself, or perhaps because mv is so ancient that it does not
-	   # support -f.
-
-	   # Now remove or move aside any old file at destination location.
-	   # We try this two ways since rm can't unlink itself on some
-	   # systems and the destination file might be busy for other
-	   # reasons.  In this case, the final cleanup might fail but the new
-	   # file should still install successfully.
-	   {
-	     if test -f "$dstdir/$dstfile"; then
-	       $doit $rmcmd -f "$dstdir/$dstfile" 2>/dev/null \
-	       || $doit $mvcmd -f "$dstdir/$dstfile" "$rmtmp" 2>/dev/null \
-	       || {
-		 echo "$0: cannot unlink or rename $dstdir/$dstfile" >&2
-		 (exit 1); exit 1
-	       }
-	     else
-	       :
-	     fi
-	   } &&
-
-	   # Now rename the file to the real destination.
-	   $doit $mvcmd "$dsttmp" "$dstdir/$dstfile"
-	 }
-    }
-  fi || { (exit 1); exit 1; }
-done
-
-# The final little trick to "correctly" pass the exit status to the exit trap.
-{
-  (exit 0); exit 0
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-# Local variables:
-# eval: (add-hook 'write-file-hooks 'time-stamp)
-# time-stamp-start: "scriptversion="
-# time-stamp-format: "%:y-%02m-%02d.%02H"
-# time-stamp-end: "$"
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diff --git a/build-aux/missing b/build-aux/missing
deleted file mode 100755
index f62bbae..0000000
--- a/build-aux/missing
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,215 +0,0 @@
-#! /bin/sh
-# Common wrapper for a few potentially missing GNU programs.
-
-scriptversion=2013-10-28.13; # UTC
-
-# Copyright (C) 1996-2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-# Originally written by Fran,cois Pinard <pinard@iro.umontreal.ca>, 1996.
-
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
-# any later version.
-
-# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-
-# As a special exception to the GNU General Public License, if you
-# distribute this file as part of a program that contains a
-# configuration script generated by Autoconf, you may include it under
-# the same distribution terms that you use for the rest of that program.
-
-if test $# -eq 0; then
-  echo 1>&2 "Try '$0 --help' for more information"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-case $1 in
-
-  --is-lightweight)
-    # Used by our autoconf macros to check whether the available missing
-    # script is modern enough.
-    exit 0
-    ;;
-
-  --run)
-    # Back-compat with the calling convention used by older automake.
-    shift
-    ;;
-
-  -h|--h|--he|--hel|--help)
-    echo "\
-$0 [OPTION]... PROGRAM [ARGUMENT]...
-
-Run 'PROGRAM [ARGUMENT]...', returning a proper advice when this fails due
-to PROGRAM being missing or too old.
-
-Options:
-  -h, --help      display this help and exit
-  -v, --version   output version information and exit
-
-Supported PROGRAM values:
-  aclocal   autoconf  autoheader   autom4te  automake  makeinfo
-  bison     yacc      flex         lex       help2man
-
-Version suffixes to PROGRAM as well as the prefixes 'gnu-', 'gnu', and
-'g' are ignored when checking the name.
-
-Send bug reports to <bug-automake@gnu.org>."
-    exit $?
-    ;;
-
-  -v|--v|--ve|--ver|--vers|--versi|--versio|--version)
-    echo "missing $scriptversion (GNU Automake)"
-    exit $?
-    ;;
-
-  -*)
-    echo 1>&2 "$0: unknown '$1' option"
-    echo 1>&2 "Try '$0 --help' for more information"
-    exit 1
-    ;;
-
-esac
-
-# Run the given program, remember its exit status.
-"$@"; st=$?
-
-# If it succeeded, we are done.
-test $st -eq 0 && exit 0
-
-# Also exit now if we it failed (or wasn't found), and '--version' was
-# passed; such an option is passed most likely to detect whether the
-# program is present and works.
-case $2 in --version|--help) exit $st;; esac
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-# Exit code 63 means version mismatch.  This often happens when the user
-# tries to use an ancient version of a tool on a file that requires a
-# minimum version.
-if test $st -eq 63; then
-  msg="probably too old"
-elif test $st -eq 127; then
-  # Program was missing.
-  msg="missing on your system"
-else
-  # Program was found and executed, but failed.  Give up.
-  exit $st
-fi
-
-perl_URL=http://www.perl.org/
-flex_URL=http://flex.sourceforge.net/
-gnu_software_URL=http://www.gnu.org/software
-
-program_details ()
-{
-  case $1 in
-    aclocal|automake)
-      echo "The '$1' program is part of the GNU Automake package:"
-      echo "<$gnu_software_URL/automake>"
-      echo "It also requires GNU Autoconf, GNU m4 and Perl in order to run:"
-      echo "<$gnu_software_URL/autoconf>"
-      echo "<$gnu_software_URL/m4/>"
-      echo "<$perl_URL>"
-      ;;
-    autoconf|autom4te|autoheader)
-      echo "The '$1' program is part of the GNU Autoconf package:"
-      echo "<$gnu_software_URL/autoconf/>"
-      echo "It also requires GNU m4 and Perl in order to run:"
-      echo "<$gnu_software_URL/m4/>"
-      echo "<$perl_URL>"
-      ;;
-  esac
-}
-
-give_advice ()
-{
-  # Normalize program name to check for.
-  normalized_program=`echo "$1" | sed '
-    s/^gnu-//; t
-    s/^gnu//; t
-    s/^g//; t'`
-
-  printf '%s\n' "'$1' is $msg."
-
-  configure_deps="'configure.ac' or m4 files included by 'configure.ac'"
-  case $normalized_program in
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-      echo "You should only need it if you modified 'configure.ac',"
-      echo "or m4 files included by it."
-      program_details 'autoconf'
-      ;;
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-      echo "You should only need it if you modified 'acconfig.h' or"
-      echo "$configure_deps."
-      program_details 'autoheader'
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-      echo "You should only need it if you modified 'Makefile.am' or"
-      echo "$configure_deps."
-      program_details 'automake'
-      ;;
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-      echo "You should only need it if you modified 'acinclude.m4' or"
-      echo "$configure_deps."
-      program_details 'aclocal'
-      ;;
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-      echo "You might have modified some maintainer files that require"
-      echo "the 'autom4te' program to be rebuilt."
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-      ;;
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-      echo "You should only need it if you modified a '.y' file."
-      echo "You may want to install the GNU Bison package:"
-      echo "<$gnu_software_URL/bison/>"
-      ;;
-    lex*|flex*)
-      echo "You should only need it if you modified a '.l' file."
-      echo "You may want to install the Fast Lexical Analyzer package:"
-      echo "<$flex_URL>"
-      ;;
-    help2man*)
-      echo "You should only need it if you modified a dependency" \
-           "of a man page."
-      echo "You may want to install the GNU Help2man package:"
-      echo "<$gnu_software_URL/help2man/>"
-    ;;
-    makeinfo*)
-      echo "You should only need it if you modified a '.texi' file, or"
-      echo "any other file indirectly affecting the aspect of the manual."
-      echo "You might want to install the Texinfo package:"
-      echo "<$gnu_software_URL/texinfo/>"
-      echo "The spurious makeinfo call might also be the consequence of"
-      echo "using a buggy 'make' (AIX, DU, IRIX), in which case you might"
-      echo "want to install GNU make:"
-      echo "<$gnu_software_URL/make/>"
-      ;;
-    *)
-      echo "You might have modified some files without having the proper"
-      echo "tools for further handling them.  Check the 'README' file, it"
-      echo "often tells you about the needed prerequisites for installing"
-      echo "this package.  You may also peek at any GNU archive site, in"
-      echo "case some other package contains this missing '$1' program."
-      ;;
-  esac
-}
-
-give_advice "$1" | sed -e '1s/^/WARNING: /' \
-                       -e '2,$s/^/         /' >&2
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-# Propagate the correct exit status (expected to be 127 for a program
-# not found, 63 for a program that failed due to version mismatch).
-exit $st
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-# Local variables:
-# eval: (add-hook 'write-file-hooks 'time-stamp)
-# time-stamp-start: "scriptversion="
-# time-stamp-format: "%:y-%02m-%02d.%02H"
-# time-stamp-time-zone: "UTC"
-# time-stamp-end: "; # UTC"
-# End: