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AUTOCONF
Section: User Commands (1)Updated: March 2012
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NAME
autoconf - Generate configuration scriptsSYNOPSIS
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 © 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>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.