ignore *.a files
warn when autogen version doesn't match the version
in the libopts tearoff.  refs #6
code clean up for removing references to subversion. refs #1
fix declaration of _U_ for non-gcc compilers
fix sendpacket compile errors. refs #7
update autogen to 5.16.2 aka 36:05:11 refs #6
fix small compile time issues. refs #7