NAME


automake - manual page for automake 1.11

SYNOPSIS


automake [OPTION] ... [Makefile]...

DESCRIPTION


Generate Makefile.in for configure from Makefile.am.

Operation modes:

--help print this help, then exit
--version
 print version number, then exit
-v, --verbose
 verbosely list files processed
--no-force
 only update Makefile.in’s that are out of date
-W, --warnings=CATEGORY
 report the warnings falling in CATEGORY

Dependency tracking:

-i, --ignore-deps
 disable dependency tracking code
--include-deps
 enable dependency tracking code

Flavors:

--cygnus
 assume program is part of Cygnus-style tree
--foreign
 set strictness to foreign
--gnits set strictness to gnits
--gnu set strictness to gnu

Library files:

-a, --add-missing
 add missing standard files to package
--libdir=DIR
 directory storing library files
-c, --copy with -a, copy missing files (default is symlink)
-f, --force-missing
 force update of standard files

Warning categories include:

‘gnu’ GNU coding standards (default in gnu and gnits modes)
‘obsolete’
 obsolete features or constructions
‘override’
 user redefinitions of Automake rules or variables
‘portability’
 portability issues (default in gnu and gnits modes)
‘syntax’
 dubious syntactic constructs (default)
‘unsupported’
 unsupported or incomplete features (default)
‘all’ all the warnings
‘no-CATEGORY’
 turn off warnings in CATEGORY
‘none’ turn off all the warnings
‘error’
 treat warnings as errors

Files which are automatically distributed, if found:

ABOUT-GNU
 README config.rpath ltcf-gcj.sh
ABOUT-NLS
 THANKS config.sub ltconfig
AUTHORS
 TODO configure ltmain.sh
BACKLOG
 acconfig.h configure.ac mdate-sh
COPYING
 aclocal.m4 configure.in missing
COPYING.DOC
 ansi2knr.1 depcomp mkinstalldirs
COPYING.LESSER
 ansi2knr.c elisp-comp py-compile
COPYING.LIB
 compile install-sh stamp-vti
ChangeLog
 config.guess libversion.in texinfo.tex
INSTALL
 config.h.bot ltcf-c.sh ylwrap
NEWS config.h.top ltcf-cxx.sh

AUTHOR


Written by Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>
and Alexandre Duret-Lutz <adl@gnu.org>.

REPORTING BUGS


Report bugs to <bug-automake@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT


Copyright © 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv2+: GNU GPL version 2 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.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


The full documentation for automake is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and automake programs are properly installed at your site, the command
info automake
should give you access to the complete manual.

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