diff --git a/GNUmakefile b/GNUmakefile
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 #
 # Copyright 2008-2019 the Pacemaker project contributors
 #
 # The version control history for this file may have further details.
 #
 # This source code is licensed under the GNU General Public License version 2
 # or later (GPLv2+) WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY.
 #
 
 default: $(shell test ! -e configure && echo init) $(shell test -e configure && echo core)
 
 -include Makefile
 
+# The main purpose of this GNUmakefile is that its targets can be invoked
+# without having to call autogen.sh and configure first. That means automake
+# variables may or may not be defined. Here, we use the current working
+# directory if a relevant variable hasn't been defined.
+#
+# The idea is to keep generated artifacts in the build tree, in case a VPATH
+# build is in use, but in practice it would be difficult to make the targets
+# here usable from a different location than the source tree.
+abs_builddir	?= $(shell pwd)
+
 PACKAGE		?= pacemaker
 
 # This Makefile can create 2 types of distributions:
 #
 # - "make dist" is automake's native functionality, based on the various
 #   dist/nodist make variables; it always uses the current sources
 #
 # - "make export" is a custom target based on git archive and relevant entries
 #   from .gitattributes; it defaults to current sources but can use any git tag
 #
 # Both types use the TARFILE name for the result, though they generate
 # different contents.
 distdir			= $(PACKAGE)-$(SHORTTAG)
 TARFILE			= $(PACKAGE)-$(SHORTTAG).tar.gz
 
 RPM_ROOT	= $(shell pwd)
 RPM_OPTS	= --define "_sourcedir $(RPM_ROOT)" 	\
 		  --define "_specdir   $(RPM_ROOT)" 	\
 		  --define "_srcrpmdir $(RPM_ROOT)" 	\
 
 MOCK_OPTIONS	?= --resultdir=$(RPM_ROOT)/mock --no-cleanup-after
 
 F       ?= $(shell test ! -e /etc/fedora-release && echo 0; test -e /etc/fedora-release && rpm --eval %{fedora})
 ARCH    ?= $(shell test -e /etc/fedora-release && rpm --eval %{_arch})
 MOCK_CFG ?= $(shell test -e /etc/fedora-release && echo fedora-$(F)-$(ARCH))
 COMMIT  ?= HEAD
 TAG     ?= $(shell T=$$(git describe --all '$(COMMIT)' 2>/dev/null | sed -n 's|tags/\(.*\)|\1|p'); \
 	     test -n "$${T}" && echo "$${T}" \
 	       || git log --pretty=format:%H -n 1 '$(COMMIT)' 2>/dev/null || echo DIST)
 lparen = (
 rparen = )
 SHORTTAG ?= $(shell case $(TAG) in Pacemaker-*|DIST$(rparen) echo '$(TAG)' | cut -c11-;; \
 	      *$(rparen) git log --pretty=format:%h -n 1 '$(TAG)';; esac)
 SHORTTAG_ABBREV = $(shell printf %s '$(SHORTTAG)' | wc -c)
 WITH    ?= --without doc
 #WITH    ?= --without=doc --with=gcov
 
 LAST_RC		?= $(shell test -e /Volumes || git tag -l | grep Pacemaker | sort -Vr | grep rc | head -n 1)
 ifneq ($(origin VERSION), undefined)
 LAST_RELEASE	?= Pacemaker-$(VERSION)
 else
 LAST_RELEASE	?= $(shell git tag -l | grep Pacemaker | sort -Vr | grep -v rc | head -n 1)
 endif
 NEXT_RELEASE	?= $(shell echo $(LAST_RELEASE) | awk -F. '/[0-9]+\./{$$3+=1;OFS=".";print $$1,$$2,$$3}')
 
 BUILD_COUNTER	?= build.counter
 LAST_COUNT      = $(shell test ! -e $(BUILD_COUNTER) && echo 0; test -e $(BUILD_COUNTER) && cat $(BUILD_COUNTER))
 COUNT           = $(shell expr 1 + $(LAST_COUNT))
 
 SPECVERSION	?= $(COUNT)
 
 # rpmbuild wrapper that translates "--with[out] FEATURE" into RPM macros
 #
 # Unfortunately, at least recent versions of rpm do not support mentioned
 # switch.  To work this around, we can emulate mechanism that rpm uses
 # internally: unfold the flags into respective macro definitions:
 #
 #    --with[out] FOO  ->  --define "_with[out]_FOO --with[out]-FOO"
 #
 # $(1) ... WITH string (e.g., --with pre_release --without doc)
 # $(2) ... options following the initial "rpmbuild" in the command
 # $(3) ... final arguments determined with $2 (e.g., pacemaker.spec)
 #
 # Note that if $(3) is a specfile, extra case is taken so as to reflect
 # pcmkversion correctly (using in-place modification).
 #
 # Also note that both ways to specify long option with an argument
 # (i.e., what getopt and, importantly, rpm itself support) can be used:
 #
 #    --with FOO
 #    --with=FOO
 rpmbuild-with = \
 	WITH=$$(getopt -o "" -l with:,without: -- $(1)) || exit 1; \
 	CMD='rpmbuild $(2)'; PREREL=0; \
 	eval set -- "$${WITH}"; \
 	while true; do \
 		case "$$1" in \
 		--with) CMD="$${CMD} --define \"_with_$$2 --with-$$2\""; \
 			[ "$$2" != pre_release ] || PREREL=1; shift 2;; \
 		--without) CMD="$${CMD} --define \"_without_$$2 --without-$$2\""; \
 		        [ "$$2" != pre_release ] || PREREL=0; shift 2;; \
 		--) shift ; break ;; \
 		*) echo "cannot parse WITH: $$1"; exit 1;; \
 		esac; \
 	done; \
 	case "$(3)" in \
 	*.spec) { [ $${PREREL} -eq 0 ] || [ $(LAST_RELEASE) = $(TAG) ]; } \
 		&& sed -i "s/^\(%global pcmkversion \).*/\1$$(echo $(LAST_RELEASE) | sed -e s:Pacemaker-:: -e s:-.*::)/" $(3) \
 		|| sed -i "s/^\(%global pcmkversion \).*/\1$$(echo $(NEXT_RELEASE) | sed -e s:Pacemaker-:: -e s:-.*::)/" $(3);; \
 	esac; \
 	CMD="$${CMD} $(3)"; \
 	eval "$${CMD}"
 
 init:
 	./autogen.sh
 
 # @TODO This should probably be what init does
 .PHONY: init-if-needed
 init-if-needed:
 	test -e configure || ./autogen.sh
 	test -e Makefile || ./configure
 
 export:
 	rm -f $(PACKAGE)-dirty.tar.* $(PACKAGE)-tip.tar.* $(PACKAGE)-HEAD.tar.*
 	if [ ! -f $(TARFILE) ]; then						\
 	    rm -f $(PACKAGE).tar.*;						\
 	    if [ $(TAG) = dirty ]; then 					\
 		git commit -m "DO-NOT-PUSH" -a;					\
 		git archive --prefix=$(distdir)/ -o "$(TARFILE)" HEAD^{tree};	\
 		git reset --mixed HEAD^; 					\
 	    else								\
 		git archive --prefix=$(distdir)/ -o "$(TARFILE)" $(TAG)^{tree};	\
 	    fi;									\
 	    echo `date`: Rebuilt $(TARFILE);					\
 	else									\
 	    echo `date`: Using existing tarball: $(TARFILE);			\
 	fi
 
 $(PACKAGE).spec: pacemaker.spec.in
 	$(AM_V_GEN)if [ x != x"`git ls-files -m | grep pacemaker.spec.in`" ]; then	\
 	    cat pacemaker.spec.in;							\
 	elif [ x = x"`git show $(TAG):pacemaker.spec.in 2>/dev/null`" ]; then		\
 	    cat pacemaker.spec.in;							\
 	else 										\
 	    git show $(TAG):pacemaker.spec.in;						\
 	fi | sed									\
 	    -e 's/global\ specversion\ .*/global\ specversion\ $(SPECVERSION)/' 	\
 	    -e 's/global\ commit\ .*/global\ commit\ $(SHORTTAG)/'			\
 	    -e 's/global\ commit_abbrev\ .*/global\ commit_abbrev\ $(SHORTTAG_ABBREV)/' \
 	    -e "s/PACKAGE_DATE/$$(date +'%a %b %d %Y')/"				\
 	    -e "s/PACKAGE_VERSION/$$(git describe --tags $(TAG) | sed -e s:Pacemaker-:: -e s:-.*::)/"	\
 	    > "$(PACKAGE).spec"
 
 srpm:	export srpm-clean $(PACKAGE).spec
 	if [ -e $(BUILD_COUNTER) ]; then					\
 		echo $(COUNT) > $(BUILD_COUNTER);				\
 	fi
 	$(call rpmbuild-with,$(WITH),-bs $(RPM_OPTS),$(PACKAGE).spec)
 
 srpm-clean:
 	-rm -f *.src.rpm
 
 chroot: mock-$(MOCK_CFG) mock-install-$(MOCK_CFG) mock-sh-$(MOCK_CFG)
 	@echo "Done"
 
 mock-next:
 	make F=$(shell expr 1 + $(F)) mock
 
 mock-rawhide:
 	make F=rawhide mock
 
 mock-install-%:
 	@echo "Installing packages"
 	mock --root=$* $(MOCK_OPTIONS) --install $(RPM_ROOT)/mock/*.rpm vi sudo valgrind lcov gdb fence-agents psmisc
 
 mock-install: mock-install-$(MOCK_CFG)
 	@echo "Done"
 
 mock-sh: mock-sh-$(MOCK_CFG)
 	@echo "Done"
 
 mock-sh-%:
 	@echo "Connecting"
 	mock --root=$* $(MOCK_OPTIONS) --shell
 	@echo "Done"
 
 mock-%: srpm
 	-rm -rf $(RPM_ROOT)/mock
 	@echo "mock --root=$* --rebuild $(WITH) $(MOCK_OPTIONS) $(RPM_ROOT)/*.src.rpm"
 	mock --root=$* --no-cleanup-after --rebuild $(WITH) $(MOCK_OPTIONS) $(RPM_ROOT)/*.src.rpm
 
 mock:   mock-$(MOCK_CFG)
 	@echo "Done"
 
 rpm-dep: $(PACKAGE).spec
 	sudo yum-builddep $(PACKAGE).spec
 
 # e.g. make WITH="--with pre_release" rpm
 rpm:	srpm
 	@echo To create custom builds, edit the flags and options in $(PACKAGE).spec first
 	$(call rpmbuild-with,$(WITH),$(RPM_OPTS),--rebuild $(RPM_ROOT)/*.src.rpm)
 
 release:
 	make TAG=$(LAST_RELEASE) rpm
 
 rc:
 	make TAG=$(LAST_RC) rpm
 
 dirty:
 	make TAG=dirty mock
 
 
 ## Static analysis via coverity
 
 # Aggressiveness (low, medium, or high)
 COVLEVEL	?= low
 
 # Generated outputs
-COVERITY_DIR	= $(builddir)/coverity-$(TAG)
-COVTAR		= $(builddir)/$(PACKAGE)-coverity-$(TAG).tgz
-COVEMACS	= $(builddir)/$(TAG).coverity
+COVERITY_DIR	= $(abs_builddir)/coverity-$(TAG)
+COVTAR		= $(abs_builddir)/$(PACKAGE)-coverity-$(TAG).tgz
+COVEMACS	= $(abs_builddir)/$(TAG).coverity
 COVHTML		= $(COVERITY_DIR)/output/errors
 
 # Coverity outputs are phony so they get rebuilt every invocation
 
 .PHONY: $(COVERITY_DIR)
 $(COVERITY_DIR): init-if-needed core-clean coverity-clean
 	$(AM_V_GEN)cov-build --dir "$@" $(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) core
 
 # Public coverity instance
 
 .PHONY: $(COVTAR)
 $(COVTAR): $(COVERITY_DIR)
 	$(AM_V_GEN)tar czf "$@" --transform="s@.*$(TAG)@cov-int@" "$<"
 
 .PHONY: coverity
 coverity: $(COVTAR)
 	@echo "Now go to https://scan.coverity.com/users/sign_in and upload:"
 	@echo "  $(COVTAR)"
 	@echo "then make core-clean coverity-clean"
 
 # Licensed coverity instance
 #
 # The prerequisites are a little hacky; rather than actually required, some
 # of them are designed so that things execute in the proper order (which is
 # not the same as GNU make's order-only prerequisites).
 
 .PHONY: coverity-analyze
 coverity-analyze: $(COVERITY_DIR)
 	@echo ""
 	@echo "Analyzing (waiting for coverity license if necessary) ..."
 	cov-analyze --dir "$<" --wait-for-license --security		\
 		--aggressiveness-level "$(COVLEVEL)"
 
 .PHONY: $(COVEMACS)
 $(COVEMACS): coverity-analyze
 	$(AM_V_GEN)cov-format-errors --dir "$(COVERITY_DIR)" --emacs-style > "$@"
 
 .PHONY: $(COVHTML)
 $(COVHTML): $(COVEMACS)
 	$(AM_V_GEN)cov-format-errors --dir "$(COVERITY_DIR)" --html-output "$@"
 
 .PHONY: coverity-corp
 coverity-corp: $(COVHTML)
 	$(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) core-clean
 	@echo "Done. See:"
 	@echo "  file://$(abs_builddir)/$(COVHTML)/index.html"
 	@echo "When no longer needed, make coverity-clean"
 
 # Remove all outputs regardless of tag
 .PHONY: coverity-clean
 coverity-clean:
-	-rm -rf "$(builddir)"/coverity-*			\
-		"$(builddir)"/$(PACKAGE)-coverity-*.tgz		\
-		"$(builddir)"/*.coverity
+	-rm -rf "$(abs_builddir)"/coverity-*			\
+		"$(abs_builddir)"/$(PACKAGE)-coverity-*.tgz	\
+		"$(abs_builddir)"/*.coverity
 
 
 ## Change log generation
 
 summary:
 	@printf "\n* `date +"%a %b %d %Y"` `git config user.name` <`git config user.email`> $(NEXT_RELEASE)"
 	@printf "\n- Changesets: `git log --pretty=oneline $(LAST_RELEASE)..HEAD | wc -l`"
 	@printf "\n- Diff:      "
 	@git diff $(LAST_RELEASE)..HEAD --shortstat include lib daemons tools xml
 
 rc-changes:
 	@make NEXT_RELEASE=$(shell echo $(LAST_RC) | sed s:-rc.*::) LAST_RELEASE=$(LAST_RC) changes
 
 changes: summary
 	@printf "\n- Features added since $(LAST_RELEASE)\n"
 	@git log --pretty=format:'  +%s' --abbrev-commit $(LAST_RELEASE)..HEAD | grep -e Feature: | sed -e 's@Feature:@@' | sort -uf
 	@printf "\n- Changes since $(LAST_RELEASE)\n"
 	@git log --pretty=format:'  +%s' --no-merges --abbrev-commit $(LAST_RELEASE)..HEAD \
 		| grep -e High: -e Fix: -e Bug | sed \
 			-e 's@\(Fix\|High\|Bug\):@@' \
 			-e 's@\(cib\|pacemaker-based\|based\):@CIB:@' \
 			-e 's@\(crmd\|pacemaker-controld\|controld\):@controller:@' \
 			-e 's@\(lrmd\|pacemaker-execd\|execd\):@executor:@' \
 			-e 's@\(Fencing\|stonithd\|stonith\|pacemaker-fenced\|fenced\):@fencing:@' \
 			-e 's@\(PE\|pengine\|pacemaker-schedulerd\|schedulerd\):@scheduler:@' \
 		| sort -uf
 
 authors:
 	git log $(LAST_RELEASE)..$(COMMIT) --format='%an' | sort -u
 
 changelog:
 	@make changes > ChangeLog
 	@printf "\n">> ChangeLog
 	git show $(LAST_RELEASE):ChangeLog >> ChangeLog
 
 DO_NOT_INDENT = lib/gnu daemons/controld/controld_fsa.h
 
 indent:
 	find . -name "*.[ch]" -exec ./p-indent \{\} \;
 	git co HEAD $(DO_NOT_INDENT)
 
 rel-tags: tags
 	find . -name TAGS -exec sed -i 's:\(.*\)/\(.*\)/TAGS:\2/TAGS:g' \{\} \;
 
 CLANG_analyzer = $(shell which scan-build)
 CLANG_checkers = 
 
 # Use CPPCHECK_ARGS to pass extra cppcheck options, e.g.:
 # --enable={warning,style,performance,portability,information,all}
 # --inconclusive --std=posix
 CPPCHECK_ARGS ?=
 cppcheck:
 	cppcheck $(CPPCHECK_ARGS) -I include --max-configs=25 -q replace lib daemons tools
 
 clang:
 	test -e $(CLANG_analyzer)
 	scan-build $(CLANG_checkers:%=-enable-checker %) make clean all
 
 # V3	= scandir unsetenv alphasort xalloc
 # V2	= setenv strerror strchrnul strndup
 # https://www.gnu.org/software/gnulib/manual/html_node/Initial-import.html#Initial-import
 # previously, this was crypto/md5, but got spoiled with streams/kernel crypto
 GNU_MODS	= crypto/md5-buffer
 # stdint appears to be surrogate only for C99-lacking environments
 GNU_MODS_AVOID	= stdint
 # only for plain crypto/md5: we make do without kernel-assisted crypto
 # GNU_MODS_AVOID	+= crypto/af_alg
 gnulib-update:
 	-test -e maint/gnulib \
 	  || git clone https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/gnulib.git maint/gnulib
 	cd maint/gnulib && git pull
 	maint/gnulib/gnulib-tool \
 	  --source-base=lib/gnu --lgpl=2 --no-vc-files --no-conditional-dependencies \
 	  $(GNU_MODS_AVOID:%=--avoid %) --import $(GNU_MODS)