remove obsolete configure options from Mike's makefile
reorganization
my makefiles
improve package installation during building

... by uninstalling it first.  The problem was that some
packages have auxiliary files constructed by "configure", and
get marked read-only.  Copying over them results in permission
denied.
Merge branch 'master' of github.com:DanGrayson/M2
add a comment
fix configure script so check-configure test succeeds
improve .gitignore files