Support for Autotools build system

[Kartatz]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

I'm trying to integrate zstd into a workflow where I build GCC and binutils. I'm interested in using binutils' linker to generate and read debug sections, compressed using zstd, from ELF files.

Currently, I build all these components using the Autotools build system and wanted to do the same for the zstd build step, but it seems it does not support that. Are there any plans to add support for Autotools in zstd?

Describe the solution you'd like
Autotools.

Describe alternatives you've considered
Bazel and CMake, but I would prefer to avoid them if possible.

Additional context
No more context.

[Cyan4973]

At present, zstd provides a highly portable Makefile which is designed to work out-of-the-box on most environments without needing a ./configure step.

Integrating Autotools, which main objective is to generate a ./configure, would introduce significant maintenance overhead and complexity for the project, with limited practical benefit given our current build system’s portability.

If you’re facing a concrete technical problem integrating zstd into your GCC/binutils workflow, could you please describe it in more detail? It may be possible to address your needs with a minimal change or workaround, rather than a major tooling addition.