diff --git a/COPYING b/COPYING
index 60549be51..d60c31a97 100644
--- a/COPYING
+++ b/COPYING
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 		       Version 2, June 1991
 
  Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-                       59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+     59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
  Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies
  of this license document, but changing it is not allowed.
 
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ convey the exclusion of warranty; and each file should have at least
 the "copyright" line and a pointer to where the full notice is found.
 
     <one line to give the program's name and a brief idea of what it does.>
-    Copyright (C) 19yy  <name of author>
+    Copyright (C) <year>  <name of author>
 
     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
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail.
 If the program is interactive, make it output a short notice like this
 when it starts in an interactive mode:
 
-    Gnomovision version 69, Copyright (C) 19yy name of author
+    Gnomovision version 69, Copyright (C) year  name of author
     Gnomovision comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type `show w'.
     This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
     under certain conditions; type `show c' for details.
diff --git a/scripts/install-sh b/scripts/install-sh
index e9de23842..398a88e14 100755
--- a/scripts/install-sh
+++ b/scripts/install-sh
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ then
 	echo "install:	no input file specified"
 	exit 1
 else
-	true
+	:
 fi
 
 if [ x"$dir_arg" != x ]; then
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ if [ x"$dir_arg" != x ]; then
 		instcmd=:
 		chmodcmd=""
 	else
-		instcmd=mkdir
+		instcmd=$mkdirprog
 	fi
 else
 
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ else
 
 	if [ -f $src -o -d $src ]
 	then
-		true
+		:
 	else
 		echo "install:  $src does not exist"
 		exit 1
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ else
 		echo "install:	no destination specified"
 		exit 1
 	else
-		true
+		:
 	fi
 
 # If destination is a directory, append the input filename; if your system
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ else
 	then
 		dst="$dst"/`basename $src`
 	else
-		true
+		:
 	fi
 fi
 
@@ -163,8 +163,8 @@ dstdir=`echo $dst | sed -e 's,[^/]*$,,;s,/$,,;s,^$,.,'`
 
 # Skip lots of stat calls in the usual case.
 if [ ! -d "$dstdir" ]; then
-defaultIFS='	
-'
+defaultIFS='
+	'
 IFS="${IFS-${defaultIFS}}"
 
 oIFS="${IFS}"
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ while [ $# -ne 0 ] ; do
         then
 		$mkdirprog "${pathcomp}"
 	else
-		true
+		:
 	fi
 
 	pathcomp="${pathcomp}/"
@@ -194,10 +194,10 @@ if [ x"$dir_arg" != x ]
 then
 	$doit $instcmd $dst &&
 
-	if [ x"$chowncmd" != x ]; then $doit $chowncmd $dst; else true ; fi &&
-	if [ x"$chgrpcmd" != x ]; then $doit $chgrpcmd $dst; else true ; fi &&
-	if [ x"$stripcmd" != x ]; then $doit $stripcmd $dst; else true ; fi &&
-	if [ x"$chmodcmd" != x ]; then $doit $chmodcmd $dst; else true ; fi
+	if [ x"$chowncmd" != x ]; then $doit $chowncmd $dst; else : ; fi &&
+	if [ x"$chgrpcmd" != x ]; then $doit $chgrpcmd $dst; else : ; fi &&
+	if [ x"$stripcmd" != x ]; then $doit $stripcmd $dst; else : ; fi &&
+	if [ x"$chmodcmd" != x ]; then $doit $chmodcmd $dst; else : ; fi
 else
 
 # If we're going to rename the final executable, determine the name now.
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ else
 	then
 		dstfile=`basename $dst`
 	else
-		true
+		:
 	fi
 
 # Make a temp file name in the proper directory.
@@ -235,10 +235,10 @@ else
 # ignore errors from any of these, just make sure not to ignore
 # errors from the above "$doit $instcmd $src $dsttmp" command.
 
-	if [ x"$chowncmd" != x ]; then $doit $chowncmd $dsttmp; else true;fi &&
-	if [ x"$chgrpcmd" != x ]; then $doit $chgrpcmd $dsttmp; else true;fi &&
-	if [ x"$stripcmd" != x ]; then $doit $stripcmd $dsttmp; else true;fi &&
-	if [ x"$chmodcmd" != x ]; then $doit $chmodcmd $dsttmp; else true;fi &&
+	if [ x"$chowncmd" != x ]; then $doit $chowncmd $dsttmp; else :;fi &&
+	if [ x"$chgrpcmd" != x ]; then $doit $chgrpcmd $dsttmp; else :;fi &&
+	if [ x"$stripcmd" != x ]; then $doit $stripcmd $dsttmp; else :;fi &&
+	if [ x"$chmodcmd" != x ]; then $doit $chmodcmd $dsttmp; else :;fi &&
 
 # Now rename the file to the real destination.
 
diff --git a/scripts/missing b/scripts/missing
index 0a7fb5a2a..dd583709f 100755
--- a/scripts/missing
+++ b/scripts/missing
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ Supported PROGRAM values:
     ;;
 
   -v|--v|--ve|--ver|--vers|--versi|--versio|--version)
-    echo "missing 0.3 - GNU automake"
+    echo "missing 0.4 - GNU automake"
     ;;
 
   -*)
@@ -87,7 +87,12 @@ Supported PROGRAM values:
     exit 1
     ;;
 
-  aclocal)
+  aclocal*)
+    if test -z "$run" && ($1 --version) > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+       # We have it, but it failed.
+       exit 1
+    fi
+
     echo 1>&2 "\
 WARNING: \`$1' is missing on your system.  You should only need it if
          you modified \`acinclude.m4' or \`${configure_ac}'.  You might want
@@ -97,6 +102,11 @@ WARNING: \`$1' is missing on your system.  You should only need it if
     ;;
 
   autoconf)
+    if test -z "$run" && ($1 --version) > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+       # We have it, but it failed.
+       exit 1
+    fi
+
     echo 1>&2 "\
 WARNING: \`$1' is missing on your system.  You should only need it if
          you modified \`${configure_ac}'.  You might want to install the
@@ -106,6 +116,11 @@ WARNING: \`$1' is missing on your system.  You should only need it if
     ;;
 
   autoheader)
+    if test -z "$run" && ($1 --version) > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+       # We have it, but it failed.
+       exit 1
+    fi
+
     echo 1>&2 "\
 WARNING: \`$1' is missing on your system.  You should only need it if
          you modified \`acconfig.h' or \`${configure_ac}'.  You might want
@@ -124,7 +139,12 @@ WARNING: \`$1' is missing on your system.  You should only need it if
     touch $touch_files
     ;;
 
-  automake)
+  automake*)
+    if test -z "$run" && ($1 --version) > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+       # We have it, but it failed.
+       exit 1
+    fi
+
     echo 1>&2 "\
 WARNING: \`$1' is missing on your system.  You should only need it if
          you modified \`Makefile.am', \`acinclude.m4' or \`${configure_ac}'.
@@ -135,6 +155,34 @@ WARNING: \`$1' is missing on your system.  You should only need it if
 	   while read f; do touch "$f"; done
     ;;
 
+  autom4te)
+    if test -z "$run" && ($1 --version) > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+       # We have it, but it failed.
+       exit 1
+    fi
+
+    echo 1>&2 "\
+WARNING: \`$1' is needed, and you do not seem to have it handy on your
+         system.  You might have modified some files without having the
+         proper tools for further handling them.
+         You can get \`$1Help2man' as part of \`Autoconf' from any GNU
+         archive site."
+
+    file=`echo "$*" | sed -n 's/.*--output[ =]*\([^ ]*\).*/\1/p'`
+    test -z "$file" && file=`echo "$*" | sed -n 's/.*-o[ ]*\([^ ]*\).*/\1/p'`
+    if test -f "$file"; then
+	touch $file
+    else
+	test -z "$file" || exec >$file
+	echo "#! /bin/sh"
+	echo "# Created by GNU Automake missing as a replacement of"
+	echo "#  $ $@"
+	echo "exit 0"
+	chmod +x $file
+	exit 1
+    fi
+    ;;
+
   bison|yacc)
     echo 1>&2 "\
 WARNING: \`$1' is missing on your system.  You should only need it if
@@ -189,6 +237,11 @@ WARNING: \`$1' is missing on your system.  You should only need it if
     ;;
 
   help2man)
+    if test -z "$run" && ($1 --version) > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+       # We have it, but it failed.
+       exit 1
+    fi
+
     echo 1>&2 "\
 WARNING: \`$1' is missing on your system.  You should only need it if
 	 you modified a dependency of a manual page.  You may need the
diff --git a/scripts/mkinstalldirs b/scripts/mkinstalldirs
index 6b3b5fc5d..994d71ce7 100755
--- a/scripts/mkinstalldirs
+++ b/scripts/mkinstalldirs
@@ -7,6 +7,52 @@
 # $Id$
 
 errstatus=0
+dirmode=""
+
+usage="\
+Usage: mkinstalldirs [-h] [--help] [-m mode] dir ..."
+
+# process command line arguments
+while test $# -gt 0 ; do
+   case "${1}" in
+     -h | --help | --h* )			# -h for help
+	echo "${usage}" 1>&2; exit 0 ;;
+     -m )					# -m PERM arg
+	shift
+	test $# -eq 0 && { echo "${usage}" 1>&2; exit 1; }
+	dirmode="${1}"
+	shift ;;
+     -- ) shift; break ;;			# stop option processing
+     -* ) echo "${usage}" 1>&2; exit 1 ;;	# unknown option
+     * )  break ;;				# first non-opt arg
+   esac
+done
+
+for file
+do
+  if test -d "$file"; then
+    shift
+  else
+    break
+  fi
+done
+
+case $# in
+0) exit 0 ;;
+esac
+
+case $dirmode in
+'')
+  if mkdir -p -- . 2>/dev/null; then
+    echo "mkdir -p -- $*"
+    exec mkdir -p -- "$@"
+  fi ;;
+*)
+  if mkdir -m "$dirmode" -p -- . 2>/dev/null; then
+    echo "mkdir -m $dirmode -p -- $*"
+    exec mkdir -m "$dirmode" -p -- "$@"
+  fi ;;
+esac
 
 for file
 do
@@ -22,13 +68,24 @@ do
      esac
 
      if test ! -d "$pathcomp"; then
-        echo "mkdir $pathcomp"
+	echo "mkdir $pathcomp"
 
-        mkdir "$pathcomp" || lasterr=$?
+	mkdir "$pathcomp" || lasterr=$?
 
-        if test ! -d "$pathcomp"; then
-  	  errstatus=$lasterr
-        fi
+	if test ! -d "$pathcomp"; then
+	  errstatus=$lasterr
+	else
+	  if test ! -z "$dirmode"; then
+	     echo "chmod $dirmode $pathcomp"
+
+	     lasterr=""
+	     chmod "$dirmode" "$pathcomp" || lasterr=$?
+
+	     if test ! -z "$lasterr"; then
+	       errstatus=$lasterr
+	     fi
+	  fi
+	fi
      fi
 
      pathcomp="$pathcomp/"
@@ -37,4 +94,8 @@ done
 
 exit $errstatus
 
+# Local Variables:
+# mode: shell-script
+# sh-indentation: 3
+# End:
 # mkinstalldirs ends here
diff --git a/tools/mail-signed-keys b/tools/mail-signed-keys
index 18709eedb..80fbb3481 100755
--- a/tools/mail-signed-keys
+++ b/tools/mail-signed-keys
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ function myflush()
 {
        if ( kid == signedby ) { uidcount=0; return }
        print "sending key " substr(kid,9) " to" | "cat >&2"
-       for(i=0; i < uidcount; i++ ) {
+       for(i=0; i < 1; i++ ) {  
 	   print "    " uids[i] | "cat >&2"
            if( dryrun == 0 ) {
 	      if( i == 0 ) {