AUTOMAKE

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: July 2012
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NAME

automake - manual page for automake 1.11.5  

SYNOPSIS

automake [OPTION] ... [Makefile]...  

DESCRIPTION

Generate Makefile.in for configure from Makefile.am.  

Operation modes:

--help

print this help, then exit

--version

print version number, then exit

-v, --verbose

verbosely list files processed

--no-force

only update Makefile.in's that are out of date

-W, --warnings=CATEGORY

report the warnings falling in CATEGORY

 

Dependency tracking:

-i, --ignore-deps

disable dependency tracking code

--include-deps

enable dependency tracking code

 

Flavors:

--cygnus

assume program is part of Cygnus-style tree

--foreign

set strictness to foreign

--gnits

set strictness to gnits

--gnu

set strictness to gnu

 

Library files:

-a, --add-missing

add missing standard files to package

--libdir=DIR

directory storing library files

-c, --copy

with -a, copy missing files (default is symlink)

-f, --force-missing

force update of standard files

 

Warning categories include:

`gnu'

GNU coding standards (default in gnu and gnits modes)

`obsolete'

obsolete features or constructions

`override'

user redefinitions of Automake rules or variables

`portability'

portability issues (default in gnu and gnits modes)

`extra-portability'

extra portability issues related to obscure tools

`syntax'

dubious syntactic constructs (default)

`unsupported'

unsupported or incomplete features (default)

`all'

all the warnings

`no-CATEGORY'

turn off warnings in CATEGORY

`none'

turn off all the warnings

`error'

treat warnings as errors

 

Files automatically distributed if found (always):

ABOUT-GNU

INSTALL config.guess ltcf-gcj.sh

ABOUT-NLS

NEWS config.rpath ltconfig

AUTHORS

README config.sub ltmain.sh

BACKLOG

THANKS depcomp mdate-sh

COPYING

TODO elisp-comp missing

COPYING.DOC

ansi2knr.1 install-sh mkinstalldirs

COPYING.LESSER

ansi2knr.c libversion.in py-compile

COPYING.LIB

ar-lib ltcf-c.sh texinfo.tex

ChangeLog

compile ltcf-cxx.sh ylwrap

 

Files automatically distributed if found (under certain conditions):

acconfig.h

config.h.bot configure configure.in

aclocal.m4

config.h.top configure.ac stamp-vti

 

AUTHOR

Written by Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>

and Alexandre Duret-Lutz <adl@gnu.org>.

 

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to <bug-automake@gnu.org>.
GNU Automake home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/>.
General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>.  

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv2+: GNU GPL version 2 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/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

The full documentation for automake is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and automake programs are properly installed at your site, the command

info automake

should give you access to the complete manual.

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NAME

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

Operation modes:

Dependency tracking:

Flavors:

Library files:

Warning categories include:

Files automatically distributed if found (always):

Files automatically distributed if found (under certain conditions):

AUTHOR

REPORTING BUGS

COPYRIGHT

SEE ALSO