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>.

COPYRIGHT


Copyright © 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv2+: GNU GPL version 2 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/old-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


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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