Index: tools/release/bins.pl
===================================================================
--- tools/release/bins.pl	(revision 21166)
+++ tools/release/bins.pl	(working copy)
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/perl
 
-$version="3.0";
-
 my $verbose;
 if($ARGV[0] eq "-v") {
     $verbose =1;
@@ -14,6 +12,9 @@
     shift @ARGV;
 }
 
+my $version = $ARGV[0];
+shift @ARGV;
+
 my $doonly;
 if($ARGV[0]) {
     $doonly = $ARGV[0];
@@ -33,13 +34,12 @@
 sub runone {
     my ($dir, $confnum, $extra)=@_;
     my $a;
-
     if($doonly && ($doonly ne $dir)) {
         return;
     }
 
-    mkdir "build-$dir";
-    chdir "build-$dir";
+    mkdir "build-$dir" or die;
+    chdir "build-$dir" or die;
     print "Build in build-$dir\n" if($verbose);
 
     # build the manual(s)
@@ -97,15 +97,12 @@
     my ($target, $confnum, $extra)=@_;
 
     `rm -rf * >/dev/null 2>&1`;
-
-    my $c = sprintf('echo -e "%s\n%sn\n" | ../tools/configure',
-                    $confnum, $extra);
-
-    print "C: $c\n" if($verbose);
-    `$c`;
-
+    
+    print "../tools/configure --target=$confnum --type=N --release=$version-$rev $extra\n" if($verbose);
+    `../tools/configure --target=$confnum  --type=N --release=$version-$rev $extra`;
+    
     print "Run 'make'\n" if($verbose);
-    `make -j 2>/dev/null`;
+    `make -j 6>/dev/null`;
 
     print "Run 'make zip'\n" if($verbose);
     `make zip 2>/dev/null`;
@@ -133,22 +130,22 @@
 print "cd tools && make\n" if($verbose);
 `(cd tools && make ) >/dev/null 2>&1`;
 
-runone("player", "player", '\n');
-runone("recorder", "recorder", '\n');
-runone("recorder8mb", "recorder", '8\n');
-runone("fmrecorder", "fmrecorder", '\n');
-runone("fmrecorder8mb", "fmrecorder", '8\n');
-runone("recorderv2", "recorderv2", '\n');
-runone("ondiosp", "ondiosp", '\n');
-runone("ondiofm", "ondiofm", '\n');
+runone("player", "player", "--ram=2");
+runone("recorder", "recorder", "--ram=2");
+runone("recorder8mb", "recorder", "--ram=8");
+runone("fmrecorder", "fmrecorder", "--ram=2");
+runone("fmrecorder8mb", "fmrecorder", "--ram=8");
+runone("recorderv2", "recorderv2", "--ram=2");
+runone("ondiosp", "ondiosp", "--ram=2");
+runone("ondiofm", "ondiofm", "--ram=2");
 runone("h100", "h100");
 runone("h120", "h120");
 runone("h300", "h300");
 runone("ipodcolor", "ipodcolor");
 runone("ipodnano", "ipodnano");
 runone("ipod4gray", "ipod4g");
-runone("ipodvideo", "ipodvideo", '32\n');
-runone("ipodvideo64mb", "ipodvideo", '64\n');
+runone("ipodvideo", "ipodvideo", "--ram=32");
+runone("ipodvideo64mb", "ipodvideo", "--ram=64");
 runone("ipod3g", "ipod3g");
 runone("ipod1g2g", "ipod1g2g");
 runone("iaudiox5", "x5");
Index: tools/configure
===================================================================
--- tools/configure	(revision 21166)
+++ tools/configure	(working copy)
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
 
 # parse the argument list, returns the value after the = in case of a
 # option=value type option, returns 0 in case of --ccache or --no-ccache,
-# returns 1 if the searched argument type wasn't fount in the argument list
+# returns 1 if the searched argument type wasn't found in the argument list
 # Usage [var = ]`parse_args <argumenttype>`, e.g. `parse_args --target`
 
 # var definitons below are needed so that parse_args can see the arguments
@@ -2509,6 +2509,11 @@
   echo "Using alternate rockbox dir: ${rbdir}"
 fi
 
+if [ "1" != `parse_args --release` ]; then
+  release=`parse_args --release`;
+  echo "building rockbox release: ${release}"
+fi
+
 sed > autoconf.h \
  -e "s,@ENDIAN@,${defendian},g" \
  -e "s,^#undef ROCKBOX_HAS_LOGF,$use_logf,g" \
@@ -2642,6 +2647,7 @@
  -e "s,@RBDIR@,${rbdir},g" \
  -e "s,@PREFIX@,$PREFIX,g" \
  -e "s,@CMDLINE@,$cmdline,g" \
+ -e "s,@RELEASE@,${release},g" \
 <<EOF
 ## Automatically generated. http://www.rockbox.org/
 
@@ -2666,6 +2672,7 @@
 export MEMORYSIZE=@MEMORY@
 export VERSION:=\$(shell \$(ROOTDIR)/tools/version.sh \$(ROOTDIR))
 export BUILDDATE:=\$(shell date -u +'-DYEAR=%Y -DMONTH=%m -DDAY=%d')
+export RELEASE=@RELEASE@
 export MKFIRMWARE=@TOOL@
 export BMP2RB_MONO=@BMP2RB_MONO@
 export BMP2RB_NATIVE=@BMP2RB_NATIVE@
Index: tools/root.make
===================================================================
--- tools/root.make	(revision 21166)
+++ tools/root.make	(working copy)
@@ -15,7 +15,11 @@
 	$(EXTRA_DEFINES) # <-- -DSIMULATOR or not
 INCLUDES = -I$(BUILDDIR) -I$(BUILDDIR)/lang $(TARGET_INC)
 
-CFLAGS = $(INCLUDES) $(DEFINES) $(GCCOPTS) 
+ifneq (,$(RELEASE))
+RELEASEDEF = -DRBRELEASE=\"$(RELEASE)\"
+endif
+
+CFLAGS = $(INCLUDES) $(DEFINES) $(RELEASEDEF) $(GCCOPTS) 
 PPCFLAGS = $(filter-out -Dmain=SDL_main,$(CFLAGS)) # cygwin sdl-config fix
 
 TOOLS = $(TOOLSDIR)/rdf2binary $(TOOLSDIR)/convbdf \
Index: apps/main.c
===================================================================
--- apps/main.c	(revision 21166)
+++ apps/main.c	(working copy)
@@ -118,7 +118,11 @@
 
 /*#define AUTOROCK*/ /* define this to check for "autostart.rock" on boot */
 
+#ifdef RBRELEASE
+const char appsversion[]=RBRELEASE;
+#else
 const char appsversion[]=APPSVERSION;
+#endif
 
 static void init(void);