[kstart] (5 commits) ...Merge branch 'master' into el6

[Ken Dreyer]

Summary of changes:

  fa850e5... Fix typo that causes a failure to update the common directo (*)
  38a3f8a... Initialize branch EL-6 for kstart (*)
  7789530... dist-git conversion (*)
  a7f2684... Merge commit 'ab027e93a15d6cdcdf69c88d881f6fb437b5f8dd' int (*)
  d5b96ac... Merge branch 'master' into el6 (*)

(*) This commit already existed in another branch; no separate mail sent