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AUTOCONF
Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: September 2005
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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 variable `WARNINGS' is 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
-
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 and Akim Demaille.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <bug-autoconf@gnu.org>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2003 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 Debian project regards the full documentation for
autoconf
to be non-free, so it is not included in Debian. Nevertheless, the
non-free distribution that accompanies Debian includes the manual in
its
autoconf-doc
package. Otherwise, you may be able to access the Autoconf manual
online.
/usr/share/doc/autoconf/autoconf.html
for more information.
Index
- NAME
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- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
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- Operation modes:
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- Warning categories include:
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- Library directories:
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- Tracing:
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- AUTHOR
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- REPORTING BUGS
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- COPYRIGHT
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- SEE ALSO
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