diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 8c5bfeb61..037d31fc1 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ steuck@iname.com
 
 TRANSLATIONS	Urko Lusa
 Disclaimer.  [es_ES]
-ulusa@lacueva.ddns.org
+ulusa@euskalnet.net
 
 
 TRANSLATIONS	Thiago Jung Bauermann
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 683978517..1ff56c481 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Thu Oct 28 16:17:46 CEST 1999  Werner Koch  <wk@gnupg.de>
+
+	* Started with development series 1.1 on 1999-10-26
+
 Tue Oct 26 14:10:21 CEST 1999  Werner Koch  <wk@gnupg.de>
 
 	* README-alpha: New
diff --git a/THANKS b/THANKS
index b76a8d818..4e75fb1f6 100644
--- a/THANKS
+++ b/THANKS
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ Tom Zerucha		   tzeruch@ceddec.com
 Tomas Fasth		   tomas.fasth@twinspot.net
 Thomas Mikkelsen	   tbm@image.dk
 Ulf Möller		   3umoelle@informatik.uni-hamburg.de
-Urko Lusa		   ulusa@lacueva.ddns.org
+Urko Lusa		   ulusa@euskalnet.net
 Walter Koch		   koch@hsp.de
 Werner Koch		   werner.koch@guug.de
 Wim Vandeputte		   bunbun@reptile.rug.ac.be
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 9084fa2f7..e96fc8da7 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.1.0
+1.1.0a
diff --git a/checks/ChangeLog b/checks/ChangeLog
index 8e043bf71..cfd6083d3 100644
--- a/checks/ChangeLog
+++ b/checks/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Thu Oct 28 16:17:46 CEST 1999  Werner Koch  <wk@gnupg.de>
+
+	* Makefile.am (GPG_DEARMOR): New and use --no-options.
+
 Tue Aug 31 17:20:44 CEST 1999  Werner Koch  <wk@isil.d.shuttle.de>
 
 
diff --git a/checks/Makefile.am b/checks/Makefile.am
index bda0a2d90..3568fe35e 100644
--- a/checks/Makefile.am
+++ b/checks/Makefile.am
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 ## Process this file with automake to create Makefile.in
 
+GPG_DEARMOR = --no-options --quiet --yes --dearmor
+
 TESTS = version.test mds.test \
 	decrypt.test decrypt-dsa.test \
 	sigs.test sigs-dsa.test \
@@ -37,25 +39,25 @@ prepared.stamp: ./pubring.gpg ./secring.gpg ./plain-1 ./plain-2 ./plain-3 \
 
 
 ./pubring.gpg: $(srcdir)/pubring.asc
-	 ../g10/gpg --yes --dearmor -o ./pubring.gpg $(srcdir)/pubring.asc
+	 $(GPG_DEARMOR) -o ./pubring.gpg $(srcdir)/pubring.asc
 
 ./secring.gpg: $(srcdir)/secring.asc
-	 ../g10/gpg --yes --dearmor -o ./secring.gpg $(srcdir)/secring.asc
+	 $(GPG_DEARMOR) -o ./secring.gpg $(srcdir)/secring.asc
 
 ./pubring.pkr: $(srcdir)/pubring.pkr.asc
-	 ../g10/gpg --yes --dearmor -o ./pubring.pkr $(srcdir)/pubring.pkr.asc
+	 $(GPG_DEARMOR) -o ./pubring.pkr $(srcdir)/pubring.pkr.asc
 
 ./secring.skr: $(srcdir)/secring.skr.asc
-	 ../g10/gpg --yes --dearmor -o ./secring.skr $(srcdir)/secring.skr.asc
+	 $(GPG_DEARMOR) -o ./secring.skr $(srcdir)/secring.skr.asc
 
 ./plain-1: $(srcdir)/plain-1o.asc
-	 ../g10/gpg --yes --dearmor -o ./plain-1 $(srcdir)/plain-1o.asc
+	 $(GPG_DEARMOR) -o ./plain-1 $(srcdir)/plain-1o.asc
 
 ./plain-2: $(srcdir)/plain-2o.asc
-	 ../g10/gpg --yes --dearmor -o ./plain-2 $(srcdir)/plain-2o.asc
+	 $(GPG_DEARMOR) -o ./plain-2 $(srcdir)/plain-2o.asc
 
 ./plain-3: $(srcdir)/plain-3o.asc
-	 ../g10/gpg --yes --dearmor -o ./plain-3 $(srcdir)/plain-3o.asc
+	 $(GPG_DEARMOR) -o ./plain-3 $(srcdir)/plain-3o.asc