chmod -x non-executable-files
rm progs/ColPack (binary architecture-specific executable)
autotools

Address all warnings in autoreconf, which are mainly automake
warnings.

Add SRCDIR sanity check.

Run autoupdate and take all changes except the version bump.

Fix bug that caused odd installation of binary executable.

  $ make install DESTDIR=$dest
  $ cd $dest
  $ find -type f
  ...
  ./usr/local/include/ColPack/Definitions.h
  ./usr/local/include/ColPack/ColPackHeaders.h
  ./home/barak/src/git/colpack/progs/ColPack <---- Wot?

The intent seems to be to build this, but not install it.
Make it so, with tweak to Makefile.am

correct version number in configure.ac
rm autotools-generated-files
git ignore build debris, autotools debris, generated executables
adolc tape_stats should be array of size_t not int, for 64-bit port
address signed/unsigned comparison and size compatibility compiler warnings
compiler warnings: string literal char* vs const char*, and fscanf ret val
tweak autoconf.sh into greater political correctness