configure/make/make install with moving srcdir, builddir...

[DJ Delorie]

> I think that's fine.  And if we can really simplify our makefiles that's
> worth more than being able to change the $srcdir around.  We can always
> add that later if someone really, really needs it.

What about the case where you do a build on one machine, and do "make
install" on many others with different mount points?  Doesn't that
need to know where srcdir is, yet srcdir is a different location for
them?