[petsc-dev] GNUPackage working with ./configure yet made?

[Barry Smith]

  Matt,

   Could GNUPackage be enhanced to check if the ./configure file exists (for packages downloaded from their repository that won't have a ./configure already) and generate the ./configure file when needed automatically?

    For example, with moab from its repository one needs to run 

   autoreconf -fi
    
  If for some reason, the autoreconf command is not available,
  the following sequence of commands should have the same result:
    
    autoheader
    aclocal -I m4
    libtoolize -f
    autoconf 
    automake -a

to create the ./configure file. 

   Thanks

    Barry