AUTOMAKE

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: July 2011
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NAME

automake - manual page for automake 1.9.6  

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only update Makefile.in's that are out of date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

`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 which are automatically distributed, if found:

ABOUT-GNU

README config.rpath ltcf-gcj.sh

ABOUT-NLS

THANKS config.sub ltconfig

AUTHORS

TODO configure ltmain.sh

BACKLOG

acconfig.h configure.ac mdate-sh

COPYING

aclocal.m4 configure.in missing

COPYING.DOC

ansi2knr.1 depcomp mkinstalldirs

COPYING.LESSER

ansi2knr.c elisp-comp py-compile

COPYING.LIB

compile install-sh stamp-vti

ChangeLog

config.guess libversion.in texinfo.tex

INSTALL

config.h.bot ltcf-c.sh ylwrap

NEWS

config.h.top ltcf-cxx.sh

 

AUTHOR

Written by Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>.  

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to <bug-automake@gnu.org>.  

COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2005 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

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 which are automatically distributed, if found:

AUTHOR

REPORTING BUGS

COPYRIGHT

SEE ALSO