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AUTOCONF

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

−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 variable ‘WARNINGS’ is honored.

Library directories:
−A
, −−autoconf−dir=ACDIR

Autoconf’s macro files location (rarely needed)

−l, −−localdir=DIR

location of the ‘aclocal.m4’ file

Tracing:
−t
, −−trace=MACRO

report the list of calls to MACRO

−i, −−initialization

also trace Autoconf’s initialization process

In tracing mode, no configuration script is created.

AUTHOR

Written by David J. MacKenzie.

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to <dickey@invisible−island.net>.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

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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