diff --git a/Utilities/Release/cmake_release.sh b/Utilities/Release/cmake_release.sh
index 3b2768a8a..b2071ddb3 100755
--- a/Utilities/Release/cmake_release.sh
+++ b/Utilities/Release/cmake_release.sh
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@
 [ -z "$REMOTE" ] && SELF="$0"
 CVSROOT=":pserver:anonymous@www.cmake.org:/cvsroot/CMake"
 CVSROOT_GREP=":pserver:anonymous@www.cmake.org:[0-9]*/cvsroot/CMake"
-TAG="Release-1-6"
-VERSION="1.6.beta2"
+TAG="Release-1-6-0"
+VERSION="1.6.0"
 RELEASE="1"
 PREVIOUS_VERSION="1.4.7"
 PREVIOUS_RELEASE="1"
diff --git a/Utilities/Release/config_AIX b/Utilities/Release/config_AIX
index 1bcc04fc9..792370f29 100644
--- a/Utilities/Release/config_AIX
+++ b/Utilities/Release/config_AIX
@@ -7,5 +7,6 @@ write_cache()
 {
 cat > CMakeCache.txt <<EOF
 BUILD_TESTING:BOOL=ON
+CMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE:BOOL=TRUE
 EOF
 }
diff --git a/Utilities/Release/config_Darwin b/Utilities/Release/config_Darwin
index 455e7de20..0df1d75ea 100644
--- a/Utilities/Release/config_Darwin
+++ b/Utilities/Release/config_Darwin
@@ -12,5 +12,6 @@ BUILD_TESTING:BOOL=ON
 CURSES_LIBRARY:FILEPATH=/usr/local/lib/libncurses.a
 CMAKE_BUILD_WX_DIALOG:BOOL=ON
 CMAKE_WX_CONFIG:FILEPATH=${WX_PREFIX}/bin/wx-config
+CMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE:BOOL=TRUE
 EOF
 }
diff --git a/Utilities/Release/config_IRIX64 b/Utilities/Release/config_IRIX64
index 9c5345fc9..3187e50ec 100644
--- a/Utilities/Release/config_IRIX64
+++ b/Utilities/Release/config_IRIX64
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
 PLATFORM="irix64"
 CC="cc"
 CXX="CC"
+
+# Write entries into the cache file before building cmake.
+write_cache()
+{
+cat > CMakeCache.txt <<EOF
+BUILD_TESTING:BOOL=ON
+CMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE:BOOL=TRUE
+EOF
+}
diff --git a/Utilities/Release/config_Linux b/Utilities/Release/config_Linux
index dab8797cd..849b1ab91 100644
--- a/Utilities/Release/config_Linux
+++ b/Utilities/Release/config_Linux
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ cat > CMakeCache.txt <<EOF
 BUILD_TESTING:BOOL=ON
 CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS:STRING=-static
 CMAKE_SKIP_RPATH:BOOL=1
+CMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE:BOOL=TRUE
 CURSES_LIBRARY:FILEPATH=${CURSES_LIBRARY}
 FORM_LIBRARY:FILEPATH=${FORM_LIBRARY}
 EOF
diff --git a/Utilities/Release/config_OSF1 b/Utilities/Release/config_OSF1
index bca89ba0c..2606bb8c4 100644
--- a/Utilities/Release/config_OSF1
+++ b/Utilities/Release/config_OSF1
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ write_cache()
 {
 cat > CMakeCache.txt <<EOF
 BUILD_TESTING:BOOL=ON
+CMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE:BOOL=TRUE
 FLTK_INCLUDE_PATH:PATH=${FLTK_INCLUDE_PATH}
 FLTK_LIBRARY:FILEPATH=${FLTK_LIBRARY}
 TCL_TCLSH:FILEPATH=${TCL_TCLSH}
diff --git a/Utilities/Release/config_SunOS b/Utilities/Release/config_SunOS
index a45dbda6a..f09c5fc1e 100644
--- a/Utilities/Release/config_SunOS
+++ b/Utilities/Release/config_SunOS
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ BUILD_TESTING:BOOL=ON
 CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS:STRING=-Wl,-Bdynamic -ldl -Wl,-Bstatic
 CMAKE_USER_MAKE_RULES_OVERRIDE:STRING=${BINDIR}/UserMakeRules.cmake
 CMAKE_SKIP_RPATH:BOOL=1
+CMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE:BOOL=TRUE
 CURSES_LIBRARY:FILEPATH=${CURSES_LIBRARY}
 FORM_LIBRARY:FILEPATH=${FORM_LIBRARY}
 EOF