diff --git a/GNUmakefile b/GNUmakefile
index 7710877b..3f7e2228 100644
--- a/GNUmakefile
+++ b/GNUmakefile
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 
 .PHONY: clean
 
-VERSION= 1.7
+VERSION= 1.8
 
-FDEBUG= 1
+#FDEBUG= 1
 
 CC?= gcc
 YACC= yacc -d
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 042e9b76..86908e4f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 .SUFFIXES: .c .o
 .PHONY: clean regress
 
-VERSION= 1.7
+VERSION= 1.8
 
-FDEBUG= 1
+#FDEBUG= 1
 
 CC?= cc
 YACC= yacc -d
diff --git a/tools/dist.mk b/tools/dist.mk
index 583be8ea..3720086f 100644
--- a/tools/dist.mk
+++ b/tools/dist.mk
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # $Id$
 
-VERSION= 1.7
+VERSION= 1.8
 
 DISTDIR= fdm-${VERSION}
 DISTFILES= *.[chl] Makefile GNUmakefile configure *.[1-9] fdm-sanitize \