* Add code to generate foo-config script like gnome, gtk
+* right now automake sets `TAR' when automake is configured
+ this loses in some situations.
+ however, checking for it in every configure.in also seems lame.
+ probably should just give in on this; meanwhile people can
+ override TAR themselves.
+
* `DEFS += foo' won't work.
That's because DEFS is defined in header-vars.am, which is read
after the user's Makefile.am.