NAME


autoreconf - Update generated configuration files

SYNOPSIS


autoreconf [OPTION]... [DIRECTORY]...

DESCRIPTION


Run ‘autoconf’ (and ‘autoheader’, ‘aclocal’, ‘automake’, ‘autopoint’ (formerly ‘gettextize’), and ‘libtoolize’ where appropriate) repeatedly to remake the GNU Build System files in specified DIRECTORIES and their subdirectories (defaulting to ‘.’).

By default, it only remakes those files that are older than their sources. If you install new versions of the GNU Build System, you can make ‘autoreconf’ remake all of the files by giving it the ‘--force’ option.

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
-i, --install
 copy missing auxiliary files
--no-recursive
 don’t rebuild sub-packages
-s, --symlink
 with -i, install symbolic links instead of copies
-m, --make when applicable, re-run ./configure && make
-W, --warnings=CATEGORY
 report the warnings falling in CATEGORY [syntax]

Warning categories include:

‘cross’
 cross compilation issues
‘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
The environment variable ‘WARNINGS’ is honored. Some subtools might support other warning types, using ‘all’ is encouraged.

Library directories:

-B, --prepend-include=DIR
 prepend directory DIR to search path
-I, --include=DIR
 append directory DIR to search path
The environment variables AUTOCONF, AUTOHEADER, AUTOMAKE, ACLOCAL, AUTOPOINT, LIBTOOLIZE, M4, and MAKE are honored.

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

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