New build system in "master" branch

[Alan Buxey]

Hi,

>   OK.  The new system is fast, which makes me happier.  Watching the
> directories scroll by during a recursive "make" was getting tiring.
> Doing a rebuild in less than 0.5s is much better than doing it in 10s.

:) 

>   <sigh>  You have an older version of OpenSSL.

..many people with the 'established' distros will have - OpenSSL 1.0.x is
the brave new world.  I did a quick bit of searching and yes...will
need to start thinking about migrating up and away from current choice.

>   I've pushed a fix.  It means that the "timeout" feature won't work for
> you.

okay - awaiting 'git pull' to show me the new code

alan