On Jan 9, 2018, at 6:17 PM, pd-list-request@lists.iem.at wrote:

Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2018 09:17:49 -0800
From: Miller Puckette <msp@ucsd.edu>
To: IOhannes m zmoelnig <zmoelnig@iem.at>
Cc: pd-list@lists.iem.at
Subject: Re: [PD] pd-0.48.1 trouble getting started
Message-ID: <20180109171749.GB32197@elroy.localdomain>
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Yes, FYI I'm still using makefile.gnu. It takes about 25% as long to do the
job as the automake thing does, and when it fails I can usually figure out why.

The configure step is slow but the actual make part is usually not much slower than a plain makefile since automate generates plain makefiles. However, the configure step gives you easily configurable build options, system checks, library checks, and a helpful configuration output print at the end.