--- a/.hgtags
+++ b/.hgtags
@@ -69,3 +69,4 @@
 551566201318bf615b27c60ccf9368f4844008bd release-3-6-2
 a95432e7309ca6fc776c02939264bb6d443f3525 release-3-6-3
 2e8eb9ac43a5f8cfaf0423814a312ed47cb80485 rc-3-6-4-0
+df1aceb8f0bc6b5b5062907931cc663467f57d93 ss-3-7-1

--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -19,13 +19,13 @@
 ### <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 AC_PREREQ([2.62])
-AC_INIT([GNU Octave], [3.7.0+], [http://octave.org/bugs.html], [octave])
+AC_INIT([GNU Octave], [3.7.1], [http://octave.org/bugs.html], [octave])
 
 dnl PACKAGE_VERSION is set by the AC_INIT VERSION arg
 OCTAVE_VERSION="$PACKAGE_VERSION"
 OCTAVE_API_VERSION_NUMBER="48"
 OCTAVE_API_VERSION="api-v$OCTAVE_API_VERSION_NUMBER+"
-OCTAVE_RELEASE_DATE="2012-02-22"
+OCTAVE_RELEASE_DATE="2013-01-02"
 OCTAVE_COPYRIGHT="Copyright (C) 2012 John W. Eaton and others."
 AC_SUBST(OCTAVE_VERSION)
 AC_SUBST(OCTAVE_API_VERSION_NUMBER)

--- a/libinterp/octave-value/ov-java.cc
+++ b/libinterp/octave-value/ov-java.cc
@@ -1409,38 +1409,6 @@
     }
 }
 
-DEFUN (__java_init__, , ,
-  "-*- texinfo -*-\n\
-@deftypefn {Built-in Function} {} java_init ()\n\
-Internal function used @strong{only} when debugging Java interface.\n\
-Function will directly call initialize_java() to create an instance of a JVM.\n\
-@end deftypefn")
-{
-  octave_value retval;
-
-  retval = 0;
-  initialize_java ();
-  if (! error_state)
-    retval = 1;
-
-  return retval;
-}
-
-DEFUN (__java_exit__, , ,
-  "-*- texinfo -*-\n\
-@deftypefn {Built-in Function} {} java_exit ()\n\
-Internal function used @strong{only} when debugging Java interface.\n\
-Function will directly call terminate_jvm() to destroy the current JVM\n\
-instance.\n\
-@end deftypefn")
-{
-  octave_value retval;
-
-  terminate_jvm ();
-
-  return retval;
-}
-
 JNIEXPORT jboolean JNICALL
 Java_org_octave_Octave_call (JNIEnv *env, jclass, jstring funcName,
                              jobjectArray argin, jobjectArray argout)
@@ -1937,6 +1905,48 @@
 // DEFUN blocks below must be outside of HAVE_JAVA block so that
 // documentation strings are always available, even when functions are not.
 
+DEFUN (__java_init__, , ,
+  "-*- texinfo -*-\n\
+@deftypefn {Built-in Function} {} java_init ()\n\
+Internal function used @strong{only} when debugging Java interface.\n\
+Function will directly call initialize_java() to create an instance of a JVM.\n\
+@end deftypefn")
+{
+
+#ifdef HAVE_JAVA
+  octave_value retval;
+
+  retval = 0;
+
+  initialize_java ();
+
+  if (! error_state)
+    retval = 1;
+
+  return retval;
+#else
+  error ("__java_init__: Octave was not compiled with Java interface");
+  return octave_value ();
+#endif
+}
+
+DEFUN (__java_exit__, , ,
+  "-*- texinfo -*-\n\
+@deftypefn {Built-in Function} {} java_exit ()\n\
+Internal function used @strong{only} when debugging Java interface.\n\
+Function will directly call terminate_jvm() to destroy the current JVM\n\
+instance.\n\
+@end deftypefn")
+{
+#ifdef HAVE_JAVA
+  terminate_jvm ();
+#else
+  error ("__java_init__: Octave was not compiled with Java interface");
+#endif
+
+  return octave_value ();
+}
+
 DEFUN (javaObject, args, ,
   "-*- texinfo -*-\n\
 @deftypefn  {Built-in Function} {@var{jobj} =} javaObject (@var{classname})\n\