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.
open MTL MX and BTL MX and initialize them at the same time. The problem is
that both call mx_init and mx_finalize, solution is to add an external entity
that does the init and finalize (based on ref counting).
This commit was SVN r13576.
