FWIW:
If you have multiple support modules that need to be compiled as a set, instead of going into each module and setting RELEASE (and maybe CONFIG_SITE) in their .../configure directories, you can create a single file RELEASE.local (and maybe CONFIG_SITE.local) outside of your modules in the directory directly above.
These two files will be read by all support modules underneath - which means you can configure a whole bunch of modules from a single place. (Being outside the modules, these files also don't interfere with the modules' version control.)
Cheers,
~Ralph
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