--- a/common.mk	Wed Dec 02 21:42:11 2009 -0800
+++ b/common.mk	Thu Dec 03 15:39:20 2009 -0500
@@ -18,8 +18,13 @@
 
 DESKTOP_FILE_INSTALL = @DESKTOP_FILE_INSTALL@
 
-version = @OCTAVE_VERSION@
-api_version = @OCTAVE_API_VERSION@
+OCTAVE_VERSION = @OCTAVE_VERSION@
+OCTAVE_API_VERSION = @OCTAVE_API_VERSION@
+OCTAVE_RELEASE_DATE = @OCTAVE_RELEASE_DATE@
+OCTAVE_COPYRIGHT = @OCTAVE_COPYRIGHT@
+
+version = $(OCTAVE_VERSION)
+api_version = $(OCTAVE_API_VERSION)
 
 ## AM_LIBTOOLFLAGS = --silent
 
@@ -273,6 +278,7 @@
 FFTW_XLIBS = $(FFTW3_LIBS) $(FFTW3F_LIBS)
 
 USE_64_BIT_IDX_T = @USE_64_BIT_IDX_T@
+OCTAVE_IDX_TYPE = @OCTAVE_IDX_TYPE@
 
 TEXINFO_COLAMD = @TEXINFO_COLAMD@
 TEXINFO_CHOLMOD = @TEXINFO_CHOLMOD@
@@ -621,21 +627,6 @@
 $(simple_move_if_change_rule)
 endef
 
-define do_subst_texinfo_vals
-echo "making $@ from $<"
-$(SED) < $< \
-  -e "s|%abs_top_srcdir%|${abs_top_srcdir}|" \
-  -e "s|%top_srcdir%|${top_srcdir}|" \
-  -e "s|%OCTAVE_HOME%|${prefix}|" \
-  -e "s|%OCTAVE_VERSION%|${version}|" \
-  -e "s|%TEXINFO_COLAMD%|${TEXINFO_COLAMD}|" \
-  -e "s|%TEXINFO_CHOLMOD%|${TEXINFO_CHOLMOD}|" \
-  -e "s|%TEXINFO_UMFPACK%|${TEXINFO_UMFPACK}|" \
-  -e "s|%TEXINFO_QHULL%|${TEXINFO_QHULL}|" | \
-  $(SED) -e "s|%OCTAVE_CONF_DEFS%|\"${UGLY_DEFS}\"|" > $@-t
-$(simple_move_if_change_rule)
-endef
-
 define do_subst_script_vals
 echo "making $@ from $<"
 $(SED) < $< \