autoconf(1)


NAME

   autoconf - Generate configuration scripts

SYNOPSIS

   autoconf [OPTION]... [TEMPLATE-FILE]

DESCRIPTION

   Generate  a  configuration  script  from  a  TEMPLATE-FILE if given, or
   `configure.ac' if present, or else `configure.in'.  Output is  sent  to
   the standard output if TEMPLATE-FILE is given, else into `configure'.

   Operation modes:
   -h, --help
          print this help, then exit

   -V, --version
          print version number, then exit

   -v, --verbose
          verbosely report processing

   -d, --debug
          don't remove temporary files

   -f, --force
          consider all files obsolete

   -o, --output=FILE
          save output in FILE (stdout is the default)

   -W, --warnings=CATEGORY
          report the warnings falling in CATEGORY [syntax]

   Warning categories include:
   `cross'
          cross compilation issues

   `obsolete'
          obsolete constructs

   `syntax'
          dubious syntactic constructs

   `all'  all the warnings

   `no-CATEGORY'
          turn off the warnings on CATEGORY

   `none' turn off all the warnings

   `error'
          warnings are error

   The environment variables `M4' and `WARNINGS' are honored.

   Library directories:
   -B, --prepend-include=DIR
          prepend directory DIR to search path

   -I, --include=DIR
          append directory DIR to search path

   Tracing:
   -t, --trace=MACRO[:FORMAT]
          report the list of calls to MACRO

   -i, --initialization
          also trace Autoconf's initialization process

   In  tracing  mode, no configuration script is created.  FORMAT defaults
   to `$f:$l:$n:$%'; see `autom4te --help' for information about FORMAT.

AUTHOR

   Written by David J. MacKenzie and Akim Demaille.

REPORTING BUGS

   Report bugs to <bug-autoconf@gnu.org>.
   GNU Autoconf home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/>.
   General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>.

COPYRIGHT

   Copyright      2012   Free   Software   Foundation,   Inc.     License
   GPLv3+/Autoconf:      GNU      GPL      version      3     or     later
   <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>,
   <http://gnu.org/licenses/exceptions.html>
   This  is  free  software:  you  are free to change and redistribute it.
   There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO

   autoconf(1), automake(1), autoreconf(1), autoupdate(1),  autoheader(1),
   autoscan(1), config.guess(1), config.sub(1), ifnames(1), libtool(1).

   The  full documentation for autoconf is maintained as a Texinfo manual.
   If the info and autoconf programs are properly installed at your  site,
   the command

          info autoconf

   should give you access to the complete manual.





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