Autotools usage in the audit package

Please reconsider the way the autotools are used in the audit package. It has always struck me as odd that the RPM spec and the README-install file specify that some autotool program be run. My understanding is the autotool programs are to be run in preparation for generating a source distribution, and that the RPM builder simply builds a binary version of the distribution, just as someone builds using the sources. Another trick I suggest is to organize the sources so that the one source for all version numbers in the package is the AC_INIT call in configure.ac. The RPM spec is built by running the ./configure command, and audit.spec.in starts like this: Name: @PACKAGE@ Version: @VERSION@ I have enclosed a patch for audit version 1.5.5 that implements the changes I just described. John