[pjc50]

1-3 are a tremendous amount of work, especially if you want to replicate "everything" that automake does.

[IshKebab]

You don't need to replace everything that automake does. 90% of it is obsolete, and 9% only applies to weird C compilers.

[jwatte]

Automake/autoconf is terrible a and nobody really needs it these days (and, some say, never did.)