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.
The new component fixes a number of problems with the old component. The core algorithm is the same, but by changing the data strucutres a bit we have improved performance and memory utilization.
There are still a couple corner cases that still need some work. However, I did not want to delay bringing this into the trunk (and v1.3 branch) for too much longer.
This commit was SVN r19537.
