diff --git a/makefile b/makefile
index 64796cf..e608fe5 100644
--- a/makefile
+++ b/makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Build a release of tconfpy using 'make'
-# $Id: makefile,v 1.107 2012/05/29 14:18:43 tundra Exp $
+# $Id: makefile,v 1.108 2012/05/29 15:01:07 tundra Exp $
 # Requires a modern 'make' like GNU.
 
 
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 RELDIR       = "Releases"
 TARBALL      = ${DIR}.tar.gz
 TMPFILE      = tmpfile
-VERSION      = $(shell grep '$Id: makefile,v 1.107 2012/05/29 14:18:43 tundra Exp ${PROGNAME}.py | cut -f 5 -d " ")${EARLY}
+VERSION      = $(shell grep '$Id: makefile,v 1.108 2012/05/29 15:01:07 tundra Exp ${PROGNAME}.py | cut -f 5 -d " ")${EARLY}
 
 
 
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@
 # Actual Build Rules
 #####
 
+FORCE:
+
 clean:
 	@rm -rf  ${DIR} ${DOCFILES} ${PORTNAME} ${PROGFILES} ${SRCFILES} ${SUPPFILES} ${TARBALL} ${TMPFILE} *.core *~
 
@@ -85,11 +87,11 @@
 CHANGELOG.txt:
 	@cvs log ${PROGNAME}.py >CHANGELOG.txt
 
-WHATSNEW.txt:
+WHATSNEW.txt: FORCE
 	@printf "%s\n%s\n\n" ${HEADER1} ${HEADER2} | cat - $@ >${TMPFILE}
 	@mv ${TMPFILE} $@
-	@emacs $@
-#	@cvs commit -m${HEADER1} $@
+	@emacs -nw $@
+	@cvs commit -m${HEADER1} $@
 
 
 docs: ${DOCFILES} ${SUPPFILES}
@@ -105,7 +107,7 @@
 	@mv ${DOCFILES} ${PROGFILES} ${SRCFILES} ${SUPPFILES} ${DIR}
 	@tar -czvf ${TARBALL} ${DIR}
 	@rm -rf ${DIR}
-	@mkdir ${RELDIR}
+	-@mkdir ${RELDIR}
 	@mv ${DIR}.tar.gz ${RELDIR}