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| .TH AUTOCONF "1" "March 2012" "GNU Autoconf 2.68b" "User Commands" |
| .SH NAME |
| autoconf \- Generate configuration scripts |
| .SH SYNOPSIS |
| .B autoconf |
| [\fIOPTION\fR]... [\fITEMPLATE-FILE\fR] |
| .SH 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'. |
| .SS "Operation modes:" |
| .TP |
| \fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR |
| print this help, then exit |
| .TP |
| \fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR |
| print version number, then exit |
| .TP |
| \fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR |
| verbosely report processing |
| .TP |
| \fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-debug\fR |
| don't remove temporary files |
| .TP |
| \fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-force\fR |
| consider all files obsolete |
| .TP |
| \fB\-o\fR, \fB\-\-output\fR=\fIFILE\fR |
| save output in FILE (stdout is the default) |
| .TP |
| \fB\-W\fR, \fB\-\-warnings\fR=\fICATEGORY\fR |
| report the warnings falling in CATEGORY [syntax] |
| .SS "Warning categories include:" |
| .TP |
| `cross' |
| cross compilation issues |
| .TP |
| `obsolete' |
| obsolete constructs |
| .TP |
| `syntax' |
| dubious syntactic constructs |
| .TP |
| `all' |
| all the warnings |
| .TP |
| `no\-CATEGORY' |
| turn off the warnings on CATEGORY |
| .TP |
| `none' |
| turn off all the warnings |
| .TP |
| `error' |
| warnings are error |
| .PP |
| The environment variables `M4' and `WARNINGS' are honored. |
| .SS "Library directories:" |
| .TP |
| \fB\-B\fR, \fB\-\-prepend\-include\fR=\fIDIR\fR |
| prepend directory DIR to search path |
| .TP |
| \fB\-I\fR, \fB\-\-include\fR=\fIDIR\fR |
| append directory DIR to search path |
| .SS "Tracing:" |
| .TP |
| \fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-trace\fR=\fIMACRO[\fR:FORMAT] |
| report the list of calls to MACRO |
| .TP |
| \fB\-i\fR, \fB\-\-initialization\fR |
| also trace Autoconf's initialization process |
| .PP |
| In tracing mode, no configuration script is created. FORMAT defaults |
| to `$f:$l:$n:$%'; see `autom4te \fB\-\-help\fR' for information about FORMAT. |
| .SH AUTHOR |
| Written by David J. MacKenzie and Akim Demaille. |
| .SH "REPORTING BUGS" |
| Report bugs to <bug\-autoconf@gnu.org>. |
| .br |
| GNU Autoconf home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/>. |
| .br |
| General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>. |
| .SH COPYRIGHT |
| Copyright \(co 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> |
| .br |
| This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. |
| There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. |
| .SH "SEE ALSO" |
| .BR autoconf (1), |
| .BR automake (1), |
| .BR autoreconf (1), |
| .BR autoupdate (1), |
| .BR autoheader (1), |
| .BR autoscan (1), |
| .BR config.guess (1), |
| .BR config.sub (1), |
| .BR ifnames (1), |
| .BR libtool (1). |
| .PP |
| The full documentation for |
| .B autoconf |
| is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the |
| .B info |
| and |
| .B autoconf |
| programs are properly installed at your site, the command |
| .IP |
| .B info autoconf |
| .PP |
| should give you access to the complete manual. |