Index: tools/release/voices.pl
===================================================================
--- tools/release/voices.pl	(revision 19907)
+++ tools/release/voices.pl	(working copy)
@@ -59,7 +59,9 @@
                     $select, $newl?'\n':"");
 
     print "C: $c\n" if($verbose);
-    `$c`;
+    open OUTPUT, "| ../tools/configure > /dev/null";
+    printf OUTPUT "%s\n%sa\nv\n\n\nf\n\n", $select, $newl?'\n':'';
+    close OUTPUT;
 
     print "Run 'make voice'\n" if($verbose);
     print `make voice 2>/dev/null`;
Index: tools/release/bins.pl
===================================================================
--- tools/release/bins.pl	(revision 19907)
+++ tools/release/bins.pl	(working copy)
@@ -102,7 +102,9 @@
                     $confnum, $extra);
 
     print "C: $c\n" if($verbose);
-    `$c`;
+    open OUTPUT, "| ../tools/configure > /dev/null";
+    printf OUTPUT "%s\n%sn\n", $confnum, $extra;
+    close OUTPUT;
 
     print "Run 'make'\n" if($verbose);
     `make -j 2>/dev/null`;
@@ -123,7 +125,9 @@
                     $confnum, $newl?'\n':'');
 
     print "C: $c\n" if($verbose);
-    `$c`;
+    open OUTPUT, "| ../tools/configure > /dev/null";
+    printf OUTPUT "%s\n%sn\n", $confnum, $newl?'\n':'';
+    close OUTPUT;
 
     print "Run 'make fontzip'\n" if($verbose);
     `make fontzip 2>/dev/null`;
Index: tools/release/manuals.pl
===================================================================
--- tools/release/manuals.pl	(revision 19907)
+++ tools/release/manuals.pl	(working copy)
@@ -61,7 +61,9 @@
                     $confnum, $newl?'\n':'');
 
     print "C: $c\n" if($verbose);
-    `$c`;
+    open OUTPUT, "| ../tools/configure > /dev/null";
+    printf OUTPUT "%s\n%sn\n", $confnum, $newl?'\n':'';
+    close OUTPUT;
 
     print "Run 'make'\n" if($verbose);
     `make manual 2>/dev/null`;