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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 (comma-separated list accepted)
Warning categories are:¶
- cross
- cross compilation issues
- gnu
- GNU coding standards (default in gnu and gnits modes)
- obsolete
- obsolete features or constructions (default)
- override
- user redefinitions of Automake rules or variables
- portability
- portability issues (default in gnu and gnits modes)
- portability-recursive
- nested Make variables (default with -Wportability)
- extra-portability
- extra portability issues related to obscure tools
- syntax
- dubious syntactic constructs (default)
- unsupported
- unsupported or incomplete features (default)
-W also understands:¶
- all
- turn on all the warnings
- none
- turn off all the warnings
- no-CATEGORY
- turn off warnings in CATEGORY
- error
- treat all enabled warnings as errors
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, or via Savannah: https://savannah.gnu.org/support/?group=autoconf.
COPYRIGHT¶
Copyright © 2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License
GPLv3+/Autoconf: GNU GPL version 3 or later
<https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>,
<https://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. To read the manual locally, use the command
- info autoconf
You can also consult the Web version of the manual at https://gnu.org/software/autoconf/manual/.
| December 2023 | GNU Autoconf 2.72 |