Convert build process to autotools

Replaced the use of manual Makefile(s) with the use of autotools to
automatically verify and generate the necessary build files. Follow the
steps outlined within the README file to build the package.

Change-Id: Ia3e1e1be7b18fb90382fd56f555866120ae5ece9
Signed-off-by: Matthew Barth <msbarth@us.ibm.com>
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
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+# Initialization
+AC_PREREQ([2.69])
+AC_INIT([phosphor-host-ipmid], [1.0], [https://github.com/openbmc/phosphor-host-ipmid/issues])
+AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([subdir-objects -Wall -Werror foreign dist-xz])
+AM_PROG_AR()
+
+# Checks for programs.
+AC_PROG_CXX
+AX_CXX_COMPILE_STDCXX(14, [noext])
+AC_PROG_CC
+AC_PROG_INSTALL
+AC_PROG_MAKE_SET
+
+# Checks for libraries.
+AC_CHECK_LIB([mapper], [mapper_get_service])
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES([SYSTEMD], [libsystemd >= 221])
+
+# Checks for header files.
+AC_CHECK_HEADER(systemd/sd-bus.h, ,[AC_MSG_ERROR([Could not find systemd/sd-bus.h...systemd developement package required])])
+
+# Checks for typedefs, structures, and compiler characteristics.
+
+# Checks for library functions.
+LT_INIT
+LT_LIB_DLLOAD
+AC_ENABLE_SHARED
+AC_DISABLE_STATIC
+
+AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile])
+AC_OUTPUT