^ This.
Plus, we already have great C package management. Its called CMake.
CMake is not a package management tool, it is a build tool. It can be abused to do package management, but that isn't what it is for.
I hate autotools, but I have stockholm syndrome so I still use it.
CMake is not a package management tool, it is a build tool. It can be abused to do package management, but that isn't what it is for.