* checksums SHA-*
* isolate slackware stuff (post/*-depends.sh & post/*-package.sh = post/*-slackware.sh)
* make generic functions for distro specific stuff that can be used as needed
* create pacman{-g2} packages
* fix $(libdirsuffix) mess
* allow switching compiler
* GIT support
* user ${package##*/} as the patch basename
* If VERSION is not set then use a CONFIG VARIABLE whose default is set to $(date '+YYmmdd')
  if PKGVERS[*] is not set, then set it to VERSION
* a configure function/macro which factors the most used stuff