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diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 2c8bd44..192225b 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 # major/minor/release must be numbers
 m4_define([libguestfs_major],   [1])
 m4_define([libguestfs_minor],   [2])
-m4_define([libguestfs_release], [3])
+m4_define([libguestfs_release], [8])
 # extra can be any string
 m4_define([libguestfs_extra],   [])
 
@@ -37,6 +37,33 @@ AC_DEFINE([PACKAGE_VERSION_MINOR],[libguestfs_minor],[Minor version number])
 AC_DEFINE([PACKAGE_VERSION_RELEASE],[libguestfs_release],[Release number])
 AC_DEFINE([PACKAGE_VERSION_EXTRA],["libguestfs_extra"],[Extra version string])
 
+dnl Stable or unstable version?
+AC_MSG_CHECKING([if this is a stable or unstable branch of libguestfs])
+AS_IF([test "$((libguestfs_minor % 2))" -eq 0 ],[
+            AC_MSG_RESULT([stable])
+       ],[
+            AC_MSG_RESULT([unstable])
+            AC_MSG_NOTICE([
+***
+This is a development version of libguestfs. Some APIs may be unstable
+until they appear in a stable release of libguestfs (at which point
+the C API and ABI is guaranteed to remain stable forever).  For
+more information about stable and development branches of libguestfs
+please see the section "LIBGUESTFS VERSION NUMBERS" in guestfs(3).
+***])
+       ])
+
+dnl Die if the user tries to configure as root, see:
+dnl https://www.redhat.com/archives/libguestfs/2010-April/msg00098.html
+AC_MSG_CHECKING([if you are trying to configure as root])
+AS_IF([test "`id -u`" = 0 ],[
+            AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
+            AC_MSG_FAILURE([Don't run './configure' or 'make' as root.])
+      ],[
+            AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
+      ])
+
+dnl Early gnulib initialization.
 gl_EARLY
 gl_INIT
 
@@ -498,7 +525,7 @@ AC_CHECK_PROG([PERL],[perl],[perl],[no])
 dnl Check for Perl modules that must be present to compile and
 dnl test the Perl bindings.
 missing_perl_modules=no
-for pm in Test::More Test::Pod Test::Pod::Coverage ExtUtils::MakeMaker; do
+for pm in Test::More ExtUtils::MakeMaker; do
     AC_MSG_CHECKING([for $pm])
     if ! perl -M$pm -e1 >/dev/null 2>&1; then
         AC_MSG_RESULT([no])