diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 56af2400b..eda2c3c27 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ New in 0.45:
 * Added an option to enable/disable fog/haze.
 * Added an option to enable/disable sky blending.
 * Added an option to select smooth/flat polygon shading.
+* Added an option to enable full-screen mode.
+* Added a visual frame rate counter on the HUD.  (Contributed by Durk Talsma)
+* Autopilot updates (Jeff Goeke-Smith)
+* Added an option to control the number of neighboring tiles that are drawn
 
 New in 0.44: 
 * Fixed a horible bug that cause the time to be *WAY* off when
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index b46cb7a72..185a82c74 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -703,7 +703,7 @@ fi
 
 PACKAGE=FlightGear
 
-VERSION=0.45
+VERSION=0.46
 
 if test "`cd $srcdir && pwd`" != "`pwd`" && test -f $srcdir/config.status; then
   { echo "configure: error: source directory already configured; run "make distclean" there first" 1>&2; exit 1; }
@@ -1316,7 +1316,7 @@ echo "configure:1316: checking for ld used by GCC" >&5
   ac_prog=`($CC -print-prog-name=ld) 2>&5`
   case "$ac_prog" in
   # Accept absolute paths.
-  /* | A-Za-z:\\*)
+  /* | [A-Za-z]:\\*)
     test -z "$LD" && LD="$ac_prog"
     ;;
   "")
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 010bdc712..d4950d6d1 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ dnl
 AC_INIT(Simulator/Aircraft/aircraft.c)
 
 dnl Initialize the automake stuff
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(FlightGear, 0.45)
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(FlightGear, 0.46)
 
 dnl Checks for programs.