[whatsup/f17] (14 commits) ...Merge branch 'el6' into f17

[David Brown]

Summary of changes:

  ac8f159... Fix typo that causes a failure to update the common directo (*)
  8581bb4... - Rebuild to pick up new opensm (*)
  a7a80bb... - Rebuild to pick up new opensm (*)
  c73c583... Initialize branch EL-6 for whatsup (*)
  ee82076... dist-git conversion (*)
  9a45e5e... Merge branch 'master' into el6 (*)
  20a4c76... Merge branch 'f16' into el6 (*)
  285f3b4... here's a fix for the changelog entries (*)
  a8ab5bf... Merge branch 'master' into el6 (*)
  f029db5... Merge branch 'el5' into el6 (*)
  0e5c785... here's a fix for bug #844900 (*)
  96cfdc5... Merge branch 'f16' into el6 (*)
  5f2ba2b... Merge branch 'master' into f17 (*)
  6ca0e1a... Merge branch 'el6' into f17 (*)

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