diff --git a/pub/Makefile.am b/pub/Makefile.am
index 7f07405803ff80063045ed5ee567b7c6d9f22a98..05b3b20d8b9b9b024f9cdd4af53274806ffd4eb6 100644
--- a/pub/Makefile.am
+++ b/pub/Makefile.am
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4
+# ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4
 SUBDIRS = src man share
diff --git a/pub/Makefile.in b/pub/Makefile.in
index fc82b1b81ed23e093f64c89fe18efb7b65ca034e..eb9df97e780338ee3153d747581a28b4c1cb8f0d 100644
--- a/pub/Makefile.in
+++ b/pub/Makefile.in
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Makefile.in generated by automake 1.13.3 from Makefile.am.
+# Makefile.in generated by automake 1.14 from Makefile.am.
 # @configure_input@
 
 # Copyright (C) 1994-2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@@ -288,7 +288,8 @@ target_alias = @target_alias@
 top_build_prefix = @top_build_prefix@
 top_builddir = @top_builddir@
 top_srcdir = @top_srcdir@
-ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4
+
+# ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4
 SUBDIRS = src man share
 all: config.h
 	$(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) all-recursive
@@ -330,8 +331,8 @@ $(ACLOCAL_M4):  $(am__aclocal_m4_deps)
 $(am__aclocal_m4_deps):
 
 config.h: stamp-h1
-	@if test ! -f $@; then rm -f stamp-h1; else :; fi
-	@if test ! -f $@; then $(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) stamp-h1; else :; fi
+	@test -f $@ || rm -f stamp-h1
+	@test -f $@ || $(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) stamp-h1
 
 stamp-h1: $(srcdir)/config.h.in $(top_builddir)/config.status
 	@rm -f stamp-h1
@@ -531,10 +532,16 @@ dist-xz: distdir
 	$(am__post_remove_distdir)
 
 dist-tarZ: distdir
+	@echo WARNING: "Support for shar distribution archives is" \
+	               "deprecated." >&2
+	@echo WARNING: "It will be removed altogether in Automake 2.0" >&2
 	tardir=$(distdir) && $(am__tar) | compress -c >$(distdir).tar.Z
 	$(am__post_remove_distdir)
 
 dist-shar: distdir
+	@echo WARNING: "Support for distribution archives compressed with" \
+		       "legacy program 'compress' is deprecated." >&2
+	@echo WARNING: "It will be removed altogether in Automake 2.0" >&2
 	shar $(distdir) | GZIP=$(GZIP_ENV) gzip -c >$(distdir).shar.gz
 	$(am__post_remove_distdir)
 
diff --git a/pub/aclocal.m4 b/pub/aclocal.m4
index 0ee00960bda895f18f60f6ee5927fb7e2768daf3..a2970465338f49631373854056eac3f3b49aff49 100644
--- a/pub/aclocal.m4
+++ b/pub/aclocal.m4
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# generated automatically by aclocal 1.13.3 -*- Autoconf -*-
+# generated automatically by aclocal 1.14 -*- Autoconf -*-
 
 # Copyright (C) 1996-2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
@@ -32,10 +32,10 @@ To do so, use the procedure documented by the package, typically 'autoreconf'.])
 # generated from the m4 files accompanying Automake X.Y.
 # (This private macro should not be called outside this file.)
 AC_DEFUN([AM_AUTOMAKE_VERSION],
-[am__api_version='1.13'
+[am__api_version='1.14'
 dnl Some users find AM_AUTOMAKE_VERSION and mistake it for a way to
 dnl require some minimum version.  Point them to the right macro.
-m4_if([$1], [1.13.3], [],
+m4_if([$1], [1.14], [],
       [AC_FATAL([Do not call $0, use AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([$1]).])])dnl
 ])
 
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ m4_define([_AM_AUTOCONF_VERSION], [])
 # Call AM_AUTOMAKE_VERSION and AM_AUTOMAKE_VERSION so they can be traced.
 # This function is AC_REQUIREd by AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE.
 AC_DEFUN([AM_SET_CURRENT_AUTOMAKE_VERSION],
-[AM_AUTOMAKE_VERSION([1.13.3])dnl
+[AM_AUTOMAKE_VERSION([1.14])dnl
 m4_ifndef([AC_AUTOCONF_VERSION],
   [m4_copy([m4_PACKAGE_VERSION], [AC_AUTOCONF_VERSION])])dnl
 _AM_AUTOCONF_VERSION(m4_defn([AC_AUTOCONF_VERSION]))])
@@ -418,6 +418,12 @@ AC_DEFUN([AM_OUTPUT_DEPENDENCY_COMMANDS],
 # This macro actually does too much.  Some checks are only needed if
 # your package does certain things.  But this isn't really a big deal.
 
+dnl Redefine AC_PROG_CC to automatically invoke _AM_PROG_CC_C_O.
+m4_define([AC_PROG_CC],
+m4_defn([AC_PROG_CC])
+[_AM_PROG_CC_C_O
+])
+
 # AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(PACKAGE, VERSION, [NO-DEFINE])
 # AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([OPTIONS])
 # -----------------------------------------------
@@ -526,7 +532,48 @@ dnl macro is hooked onto _AC_COMPILER_EXEEXT early, see below.
 AC_CONFIG_COMMANDS_PRE(dnl
 [m4_provide_if([_AM_COMPILER_EXEEXT],
   [AM_CONDITIONAL([am__EXEEXT], [test -n "$EXEEXT"])])])dnl
-])
+
+# POSIX will say in a future version that running "rm -f" with no argument
+# is OK; and we want to be able to make that assumption in our Makefile
+# recipes.  So use an aggressive probe to check that the usage we want is
+# actually supported "in the wild" to an acceptable degree.
+# See automake bug#10828.
+# To make any issue more visible, cause the running configure to be aborted
+# by default if the 'rm' program in use doesn't match our expectations; the
+# user can still override this though.
+if rm -f && rm -fr && rm -rf; then : OK; else
+  cat >&2 <<'END'
+Oops!
+
+Your 'rm' program seems unable to run without file operands specified
+on the command line, even when the '-f' option is present.  This is contrary
+to the behaviour of most rm programs out there, and not conforming with
+the upcoming POSIX standard: <http://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=542>
+
+Please tell bug-automake@gnu.org about your system, including the value
+of your $PATH and any error possibly output before this message.  This
+can help us improve future automake versions.
+
+END
+  if test x"$ACCEPT_INFERIOR_RM_PROGRAM" = x"yes"; then
+    echo 'Configuration will proceed anyway, since you have set the' >&2
+    echo 'ACCEPT_INFERIOR_RM_PROGRAM variable to "yes"' >&2
+    echo >&2
+  else
+    cat >&2 <<'END'
+Aborting the configuration process, to ensure you take notice of the issue.
+
+You can download and install GNU coreutils to get an 'rm' implementation
+that behaves properly: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>.
+
+If you want to complete the configuration process using your problematic
+'rm' anyway, export the environment variable ACCEPT_INFERIOR_RM_PROGRAM
+to "yes", and re-run configure.
+
+END
+    AC_MSG_ERROR([Your 'rm' program is bad, sorry.])
+  fi
+fi])
 
 dnl Hook into '_AC_COMPILER_EXEEXT' early to learn its expansion.  Do not
 dnl add the conditional right here, as _AC_COMPILER_EXEEXT may be further
@@ -534,7 +581,6 @@ dnl mangled by Autoconf and run in a shell conditional statement.
 m4_define([_AC_COMPILER_EXEEXT],
 m4_defn([_AC_COMPILER_EXEEXT])[m4_provide([_AM_COMPILER_EXEEXT])])
 
-
 # When config.status generates a header, we must update the stamp-h file.
 # This file resides in the same directory as the config header
 # that is generated.  The stamp files are numbered to have different names.
diff --git a/pub/build-aux/ylwrap b/pub/build-aux/ylwrap
index 1c4d77612c57115342fc14a86ab853a7d026b05b..8f072a8e97c00490c74a591edc511af919584adf 100755
--- a/pub/build-aux/ylwrap
+++ b/pub/build-aux/ylwrap
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 # ylwrap - wrapper for lex/yacc invocations.
 
-scriptversion=2012-12-21.17; # UTC
+scriptversion=2013-01-12.17; # UTC
 
 # Copyright (C) 1996-2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 #
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ get_dirname ()
 # guard FILE
 # ----------
 # The CPP macro used to guard inclusion of FILE.
-guard()
+guard ()
 {
   printf '%s\n' "$1"                                                    \
     | sed                                                               \
@@ -96,17 +96,17 @@ esac
 
 
 # The input.
-input="$1"
+input=$1
 shift
 # We'll later need for a correct munging of "#line" directives.
 input_sub_rx=`get_dirname "$input" | quote_for_sed`
-case "$input" in
+case $input in
   [\\/]* | ?:[\\/]*)
     # Absolute path; do nothing.
     ;;
   *)
     # Relative path.  Make it absolute.
-    input="`pwd`/$input"
+    input=`pwd`/$input
     ;;
 esac
 input_rx=`get_dirname "$input" | quote_for_sed`
@@ -132,8 +132,8 @@ sed_fix_filenames=
 # guard in its implementation file.
 sed_fix_header_guards=
 
-while test "$#" -ne 0; do
-  if test "$1" = "--"; then
+while test $# -ne 0; do
+  if test x"$1" = x"--"; then
     shift
     break
   fi
@@ -153,16 +153,14 @@ while test "$#" -ne 0; do
 done
 
 # The program to run.
-prog="$1"
+prog=$1
 shift
 # Make any relative path in $prog absolute.
-case "$prog" in
+case $prog in
   [\\/]* | ?:[\\/]*) ;;
-  *[\\/]*) prog="`pwd`/$prog" ;;
+  *[\\/]*) prog=`pwd`/$prog ;;
 esac
 
-# FIXME: add hostname here for parallel makes that run commands on
-# other machines.  But that might take us over the 14-char limit.
 dirname=ylwrap$$
 do_exit="cd '`pwd`' && rm -rf $dirname > /dev/null 2>&1;"' (exit $ret); exit $ret'
 trap "ret=129; $do_exit" 1
@@ -188,7 +186,7 @@ if test $ret -eq 0; then
       # otherwise prepend '../'.
       case $to in
         [\\/]* | ?:[\\/]*) target=$to;;
-        *) target="../$to";;
+        *) target=../$to;;
       esac
 
       # Do not overwrite unchanged header files to avoid useless
@@ -197,7 +195,7 @@ if test $ret -eq 0; then
       # output of all other files to a temporary file so we can
       # compare them to existing versions.
       if test $from != $parser; then
-        realtarget="$target"
+        realtarget=$target
         target=tmp-`printf '%s\n' "$target" | sed 's|.*[\\/]||g'`
       fi
 
diff --git a/pub/configure b/pub/configure
index b77e50b0e078e8eba8f77cbf7c29f73a3089f08f..5275e9d00c2a0e7c763a39c4579d4640413758e3 100755
--- a/pub/configure
+++ b/pub/configure
@@ -2252,7 +2252,7 @@ ac_configure="$SHELL $ac_aux_dir/configure"  # Please don't use this var.
 
 
 
-am__api_version='1.13'
+am__api_version='1.14'
 
 # Find a good install program.  We prefer a C program (faster),
 # so one script is as good as another.  But avoid the broken or
@@ -2788,7 +2788,48 @@ am__tar='$${TAR-tar} chof - "$$tardir"' am__untar='$${TAR-tar} xf -'
 
 
 
- # don't insert GNU blala files
+
+# POSIX will say in a future version that running "rm -f" with no argument
+# is OK; and we want to be able to make that assumption in our Makefile
+# recipes.  So use an aggressive probe to check that the usage we want is
+# actually supported "in the wild" to an acceptable degree.
+# See automake bug#10828.
+# To make any issue more visible, cause the running configure to be aborted
+# by default if the 'rm' program in use doesn't match our expectations; the
+# user can still override this though.
+if rm -f && rm -fr && rm -rf; then : OK; else
+  cat >&2 <<'END'
+Oops!
+
+Your 'rm' program seems unable to run without file operands specified
+on the command line, even when the '-f' option is present.  This is contrary
+to the behaviour of most rm programs out there, and not conforming with
+the upcoming POSIX standard: <http://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=542>
+
+Please tell bug-automake@gnu.org about your system, including the value
+of your $PATH and any error possibly output before this message.  This
+can help us improve future automake versions.
+
+END
+  if test x"$ACCEPT_INFERIOR_RM_PROGRAM" = x"yes"; then
+    echo 'Configuration will proceed anyway, since you have set the' >&2
+    echo 'ACCEPT_INFERIOR_RM_PROGRAM variable to "yes"' >&2
+    echo >&2
+  else
+    cat >&2 <<'END'
+Aborting the configuration process, to ensure you take notice of the issue.
+
+You can download and install GNU coreutils to get an 'rm' implementation
+that behaves properly: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>.
+
+If you want to complete the configuration process using your problematic
+'rm' anyway, export the environment variable ACCEPT_INFERIOR_RM_PROGRAM
+to "yes", and re-run configure.
+
+END
+    as_fn_error $? "Your 'rm' program is bad, sorry." "$LINENO" 5
+  fi
+fi # don't insert GNU blala files
 
 ################################################################################
 ##  Select compiler and preprocessors                                         ##
diff --git a/pub/man/Makefile.in b/pub/man/Makefile.in
index 49a4a2b7695d6e9ab36671aa84030f99729b61a4..68e6e70726b1e0c17b8c1e0fc6a14c408bd8f597 100644
--- a/pub/man/Makefile.in
+++ b/pub/man/Makefile.in
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Makefile.in generated by automake 1.13.3 from Makefile.am.
+# Makefile.in generated by automake 1.14 from Makefile.am.
 # @configure_input@
 
 # Copyright (C) 1994-2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
diff --git a/pub/share/Makefile.in b/pub/share/Makefile.in
index 53cd5c7b04915d105215372196a748f0da4a3069..4da2ad176e6945f55da57ed3a75aa9db356af717 100644
--- a/pub/share/Makefile.in
+++ b/pub/share/Makefile.in
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Makefile.in generated by automake 1.13.3 from Makefile.am.
+# Makefile.in generated by automake 1.14 from Makefile.am.
 # @configure_input@
 
 # Copyright (C) 1994-2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
diff --git a/pub/src/Makefile.in b/pub/src/Makefile.in
index 706ac4b13b0dd1b57c68183dd9cce273e734b611..8c0f55747611568bc4f124a1980af7358ea9e497 100644
--- a/pub/src/Makefile.in
+++ b/pub/src/Makefile.in
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Makefile.in generated by automake 1.13.3 from Makefile.am.
+# Makefile.in generated by automake 1.14 from Makefile.am.
 # @configure_input@
 
 # Copyright (C) 1994-2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
diff --git a/pub/src/manip.cpp b/pub/src/manip.cpp
index 881c97a16c10b634ea0360d70799ffe255df6037..8992a7394524f7e268de64736f3e624a4d8520cf 100644
--- a/pub/src/manip.cpp
+++ b/pub/src/manip.cpp
@@ -1207,6 +1207,7 @@ void NManip::HistoMake()
         xout[i] = ymin + dx*i;
 
     // Create and fill output histograms:
+    fiter.reset();
     while ( POld fin = fiter() ) {
         POld fout( fin->new_old() );
         fout->lDoc.push_back("mhm " + S(nbin) );
@@ -1226,6 +1227,6 @@ void NManip::HistoMake()
             }
             fout->V.push_back(sout);
         }
-        NOlm::mem_store( fout );
+        NOlm::mem_store( fout, fiter.k() );
     }
 }