diff --git c/top/maint.mk w/top/maint.mk
index e52deb4..d5bb427 100644
--- c/top/maint.mk
+++ w/top/maint.mk
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # This Makefile fragment tries to be general-purpose enough to be
 # used by many projects via the gnulib maintainer-makefile module.

-## Copyright (C) 2001-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+## Copyright (C) 2001-2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 ##
 ## 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
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ export LC_ALL = C
 ## Sanity checks.  ##
 ## --------------- ##

-_cfg_mk := $(shell test -f $(srcdir)/cfg.mk && echo '$(srcdir)/cfg.mk')
+_cfg_mk := $(wildcard $(srcdir)/cfg.mk)

 # Collect the names of rules starting with 'sc_'.
 syntax-check-rules := $(sort $(shell sed -n 's/^\(sc_[a-zA-Z0-9_-]*\):.*/\1/p' \
@@ -591,7 +591,7 @@ sc_prohibit_root_dev_ino_without_use:

 sc_prohibit_openat_without_use:
 	@h='openat.h' \
-	re='\<(openat_(permissive|needs_fchdir|(save|restore)_fail)|l?(stat|ch(own|mod))at|(euid)?accessat)\>' \
+	re='\<(openat_(permissive|needs_fchdir|(save|restore)_fail)|l?(stat|ch(own|mod))at|(euid)?accessat|(FCHMOD|FCHOWN|STAT)AT_INLINE)\>' \
 	  $(_sc_header_without_use)

 # Prohibit the inclusion of c-ctype.h without an actual use.
@@ -809,7 +809,7 @@ sc_prohibit_always_true_header_tests:
 	  $(_sc_search_regexp)

 sc_prohibit_defined_have_decl_tests:
-	@prohibit='#[	 ]*if(n?def|.*\<defined)\>[	 (]+HAVE_DECL_'	\
+	@prohibit='(#[	 ]*ifn?def|\<defined)\>[	 (]+HAVE_DECL_'	\
 	halt='HAVE_DECL macros are always defined'			\
 	  $(_sc_search_regexp)

@@ -1121,9 +1121,11 @@ fix_po_file_diag = \
 'you have changed the set of files with translatable diagnostics;\n\
 apply the above patch\n'

-# Verify that all source files using _() are listed in po/POTFILES.in.
+# Verify that all source files using _() (more specifically, files that
+# match $(_gl_translatable_string_re)) are listed in po/POTFILES.in.
 po_file ?= $(srcdir)/po/POTFILES.in
 generated_files ?= $(srcdir)/lib/*.[ch]
+_gl_translatable_string_re ?= \b(N?_|gettext *)\([^)"]*("|$$)
 sc_po_check:
 	@if test -f $(po_file); then					\
 	  grep -E -v '^(#|$$)' $(po_file)				\
@@ -1143,7 +1145,7 @@ sc_po_check:
 	    esac;							\
 	    files="$$files $$file";					\
 	  done;								\
-	  grep -E -l '\b(N?_|gettext *)\([^)"]*("|$$)' $$files		\
+	  grep -E -l '$(_gl_translatable_string_re)' $$files		\
 	    | sed 's|^$(_dot_escaped_srcdir)/||' | sort -u > $@-2;	\
 	  diff -u -L $(po_file) -L $(po_file) $@-1 $@-2			\
 	    || { printf '$(ME): '$(fix_po_file_diag) 1>&2; exit 1; };	\
@@ -1281,15 +1283,17 @@ vc-diff-check:
 rel-files = $(DIST_ARCHIVES)

 gnulib_dir ?= $(srcdir)/gnulib
-gnulib-version = $$(cd $(gnulib_dir) && git describe)
+gnulib-version = $$(cd $(gnulib_dir)				\
+                    && { git describe || git rev-parse --short=10 HEAD; } )
 bootstrap-tools ?= autoconf,automake,gnulib

+gpgv = $$(gpgv2 --version >/dev/null && echo gpgv2 || echo gpgv)
 # If it's not already specified, derive the GPG key ID from
 # the signed tag we've just applied to mark this release.
 gpg_key_ID ?=								\
   $$(cd $(srcdir)							\
      && git cat-file tag v$(VERSION)					\
-        | gpgv --status-fd 1 --keyring /dev/null - - 2>/dev/null	\
+        | $(gpgv) --status-fd 1 --keyring /dev/null - - 2>/dev/null	\
         | awk '/^\[GNUPG:\] ERRSIG / {print $$3; exit}')

 translation_project_ ?= coordinator@translationproject.org
@@ -1313,7 +1317,7 @@ announcement_mail_Cc_ ?= $(announcement_mail_Cc_$(release-type))
 announcement_mail_headers_ ?= $(announcement_mail_headers_$(release-type))
 announcement: NEWS ChangeLog $(rel-files)
 # Not $(AM_V_GEN) since the output of this command serves as
-# annoucement message: it would start with " GEN announcement".
+# announcement message: it would start with " GEN announcement".
 	$(AM_V_at)$(srcdir)/$(_build-aux)/announce-gen			\
 	    --mail-headers='$(announcement_mail_headers_)'		\
 	    --release-type=$(release-type)				\
@@ -1368,7 +1372,8 @@ endef

 .PHONY: no-submodule-changes
 no-submodule-changes:
-	$(AM_V_GEN)if test -d $(srcdir)/.git; then			\
+	$(AM_V_GEN)if test -d $(srcdir)/.git				\
+		&& git --version >/dev/null 2>&1; then			\
 	  diff=$$(cd $(srcdir) && git submodule -q foreach		\
 		  git diff-index --name-only HEAD)			\
 	    || exit 1;							\
@@ -1386,10 +1391,12 @@ submodule-checks ?= no-submodule-changes public-submodule-commit
 # cannot be built from a fresh clone.
 .PHONY: public-submodule-commit
 public-submodule-commit:
-	$(AM_V_GEN)if test -d $(srcdir)/.git; then			\
+	$(AM_V_GEN)if test -d $(srcdir)/.git				\
+		&& git --version >/dev/null 2>&1; then			\
 	  cd $(srcdir) &&						\
-	  git submodule --quiet foreach test '$$(git rev-parse $$sha1)'	\
-	      = '$$(git merge-base origin $$sha1)'			\
+	  git submodule --quiet foreach					\
+	      'test "$$(git rev-parse "$$sha1")"			\
+		  = "$$(git merge-base origin "$$sha1")"'		\
 	    || { echo '$(ME): found non-public submodule commit' >&2;	\
 		 exit 1; };						\
 	else								\
@@ -1419,6 +1426,7 @@ alpha beta stable: $(local-check) writable-files $(submodule-checks)
 	$(AM_V_at)$(MAKE) -s emit_upload_commands RELEASE_TYPE=$@

 release:
+	$(AM_V_GEN)$(MAKE) _version
 	$(AM_V_GEN)$(MAKE) $(release-type)

 # Override this in cfg.mk if you follow different procedures.