OMG its out. New stuff includes a bug fix.
Created attachment 232571 [details, diff] Updated patch The author needs to stop editing his Makefile.in, here's a patch that accommodates the recent changes. Old patches (1.4.43.patch, 1.4.44.patch) can be removed. With this patch, a version bump compiles and FEATURES=test's fine at my amd64/x86 setups.
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