Autoconf and apt

[Robert Rehammar]

Hi Autoconf people,

I am wondering if there is any "module" to hook up autotools with the
apt package system of e.g. Debian and Ubuntu? Wouldn't this be pretty
cool thing. It would even be possible for such a module to call aptitude
search and download the available packages if they exists. Probably
something similar would be possible for e.g rpm and other package
managers as well.

Are there any arguments against going online for autotools, except that
it have to be written of course :-)

Regards,
Robert