diff --git a/distrib/HOWTO b/distrib/HOWTO
index e1bbcbb5052f0e47ba709b8006d8e96a7dfbf44f..2456b7f2bb9d9d1e4c2ca3017dd1277480994640 100755
--- a/distrib/HOWTO
+++ b/distrib/HOWTO
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ cd ~/f2
 dngit
 cd pub
 vi CHANGELOG
-vi configure.ac # version becomes <release>
+vi configure.ac # version becomes <release>, ATTENTION: delete "post-"
 make maintainer-clean
-autoreconf -f -i # always needed, to update version info
+autoreconf -fi # always needed, to update version info
 
 ### resynchronize
 cd ~/f2
diff --git a/pub/configure b/pub/configure
index 108cec10b8a6b70ed70725c57d284786c6b4e55c..748f98639a670ac165d2b50ba058bf46cd86dc6d 100755
--- a/pub/configure
+++ b/pub/configure
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
-# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.67 for frida post-2.1.4b.
+# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.67 for frida 2.1.4b.
 #
 # Report bugs to <j.wuttke@fz-juelich.de>.
 #
@@ -552,8 +552,8 @@ MAKEFLAGS=
 # Identity of this package.
 PACKAGE_NAME='frida'
 PACKAGE_TARNAME='frida'
-PACKAGE_VERSION='post-2.1.4b'
-PACKAGE_STRING='frida post-2.1.4b'
+PACKAGE_VERSION='2.1.4b'
+PACKAGE_STRING='frida 2.1.4b'
 PACKAGE_BUGREPORT='j.wuttke@fz-juelich.de'
 PACKAGE_URL=''
 
@@ -1255,7 +1255,7 @@ if test "$ac_init_help" = "long"; then
   # Omit some internal or obsolete options to make the list less imposing.
   # This message is too long to be a string in the A/UX 3.1 sh.
   cat <<_ACEOF
-\`configure' configures frida post-2.1.4b to adapt to many kinds of systems.
+\`configure' configures frida 2.1.4b to adapt to many kinds of systems.
 
 Usage: $0 [OPTION]... [VAR=VALUE]...
 
@@ -1321,7 +1321,7 @@ fi
 
 if test -n "$ac_init_help"; then
   case $ac_init_help in
-     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of frida post-2.1.4b:";;
+     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of frida 2.1.4b:";;
    esac
   cat <<\_ACEOF
 
@@ -1415,7 +1415,7 @@ fi
 test -n "$ac_init_help" && exit $ac_status
 if $ac_init_version; then
   cat <<\_ACEOF
-frida configure post-2.1.4b
+frida configure 2.1.4b
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.67
 
 Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@@ -2003,7 +2003,7 @@ cat >config.log <<_ACEOF
 This file contains any messages produced by compilers while
 running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.
 
-It was created by frida $as_me post-2.1.4b, which was
+It was created by frida $as_me 2.1.4b, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.67.  Invocation command line was
 
   $ $0 $@
@@ -2831,7 +2831,7 @@ fi
 
 # Define the identity of the package.
  PACKAGE='frida'
- VERSION='post-2.1.4b'
+ VERSION='2.1.4b'
 
 
 cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
@@ -7103,7 +7103,7 @@ cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<\_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 # report actual input values of CONFIG_FILES etc. instead of their
 # values after options handling.
 ac_log="
-This file was extended by frida $as_me post-2.1.4b, which was
+This file was extended by frida $as_me 2.1.4b, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.67.  Invocation command line was
 
   CONFIG_FILES    = $CONFIG_FILES
@@ -7169,7 +7169,7 @@ _ACEOF
 cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 ac_cs_config="`$as_echo "$ac_configure_args" | sed 's/^ //; s/[\\""\`\$]/\\\\&/g'`"
 ac_cs_version="\\
-frida config.status post-2.1.4b
+frida config.status 2.1.4b
 configured by $0, generated by GNU Autoconf 2.67,
   with options \\"\$ac_cs_config\\"
 
diff --git a/pub/configure.ac b/pub/configure.ac
index b119842d88c0c4daac8bfcefb761cf6068a24da8..535ee159fd3ca6f9d64b3356b3c2e6faf561f4af 100644
--- a/pub/configure.ac
+++ b/pub/configure.ac
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 ##  Generic initialization                                                   ##
 ###############################################################################
 
-AC_INIT([frida],[post-2.1.4b],[j.wuttke@fz-juelich.de])
+AC_INIT([frida],[2.1.4b],[j.wuttke@fz-juelich.de])
 # project name must be "frida"; this determines the installation directories
 
 #AC_PREREQ(2.65) # downgraded to 2.61