PATCH: Switch to Distutils for build and installation

[Mark Mitchell]

I discovered this morning that neither "make install" nor "python
setup.py install" produced a working installation any more.

That inspired me to try to finish up Stefan's excellent efforts to move
us to distutils.  This patch cuts us over to using distutils
exclusively.  There is still a GNUmakefile because the GNU coding
standards require that "./configure; make; make install" work, and we
want to support that -- but the GNUmakefile just uses distutils to do
the job.

As a special bonus (hi, Nathaniel), the use of environment variables
like QM_HOME and such is now eliminated.

I haven't yet tried building Windows packages, but that will happen
soon.

I'd like to again thank Stefan for providing the critical impetus to
move us down this path.

-- 
Mark Mitchell <mitchell at doubledemon.codesourcery.com>
CodeSourcery, LLC
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