man/man1/autoconf.1

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 AUTOCONF "1" "November 2009" "GNU Autoconf 2.65" "User Commands"
 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 \(co 2009 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
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