They conflict with the new way we're doing things, so just delete them
automatically so that developers don't have to do this manually.
We'll eventually remove this section as it will become irrelevant over
time.
This commit was SVN r23765.
This merges the branch containing the revamped build system based around converting autogen from a bash script to a Perl program. Jeff has provided emails explaining the features contained in the change.
Please note that configure requirements on components HAVE CHANGED. For example. a configure.params file is no longer required in each component directory. See Jeff's emails for an explanation.
This commit was SVN r23764.