Eh, if it's a C library, use autotools. Really, the original article says it best:
- We are all used to autotools, it works, nobody cares.
...
- And really, anything but autotools is realy an option. Just get over it.
Everything else is an experiment, and it will come back
to you sooner or later. Why? think cross compilation, installation/
uninstallation, build root integration, separate object trees,
standard adherence, tarball handling, make distcheck, testing,
portability between distros, ...
