David,
> But there seems to be one vital missing component. Way back in the olden
> days, we needed "make install" to put the product into its final
> location(s). But these days, many operating systems have their own
> package-management mechanisms (the word "package" is here overloaded!).
>
I'll instantly admit that I have very little experience of automake
(although a reasonable amount of autoconf), so my question may be way
off-beam. Anyway...
Over the years, the "standardisation" of many packages, GNU and non-GNU,
onto the autoconf mechanism has vastly eased my life as an instal
