[PATCH] Introduce autoconf

[Jeffrey Oldham]

Richard Guenther wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> The following patch is a further reduced introduction of autoconfisciation
> of parts of the configuration process. It introduces scripts/configure.ac
> (and scripts/configure, if autogenerated files should be in CVS) and
> changes the toplevel configure script to write the suite file, the
> makefile stub and the pooma configuration header as .in file and pass it
> down through a autoconf configure script.
> 
> For now some of the compiler feature bits are checked and substituted in
> the pooma configuration header.
> 
> Tested by configuring and installing on ia32-gnu-linux and configuring
> on HP-UX (aCC sucks) and IRIX (CC sucks, too).
> 
> Ok?

I think this is a great step forward.  Using your patch, the 
installation process is now

./configure
make

?  I think it is acceptable to place 'configure' under CVS control.

Would you be willing to write installation steps and put them into 
README or INSTALL.*, as appropriate?

Thanks,
Jeffrey D. Oldham
oldham at codesourcery.com