autoconf(1)
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 (C) 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv2+: GNU
GPL version 2 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/oldlicenses/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.