Autotools

Do the expert programmers at /prog/ use the GNU Autotools?

Also, are the Autotools really the de facto tools to create software packages?

>>2
That was my first thought indeed. But how about installing and uninstalling like the ``install'' target provided in Autotools-generate makefiles? Is it acceptable to write a makefile that copies files into /usr/bin/ and shit by hand or is it too platform-dependent?

>>4
Too platform dependent. On FreeBSD you should copy it into /usr/local/bin, on NetBSD /usr/pkg/bin, etc.