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AUTOHEADER(1) User Commands AUTOHEADER(1)

NAME

autoheader - Create a template header for configure

SYNOPSIS

autoheader [OPTION]... [TEMPLATE-FILE]

DESCRIPTION

Create a template file of C '#define' statements for 'configure' to use. To this end, scan TEMPLATE-FILE, or 'configure.ac' if present, or else 'configure.in'.

print this help, then exit
print version number, then exit
verbosely report processing
don't remove temporary files
consider all files obsolete
report the warnings falling in CATEGORY (comma-separated list accepted)

Warning categories are:

cross compilation issues
GNU coding standards (default in gnu and gnits modes)
obsolete features or constructions (default)
user redefinitions of Automake rules or variables
portability issues (default in gnu and gnits modes)
portability-recursive
nested Make variables (default with -Wportability)
extra portability issues related to obscure tools
dubious syntactic constructs (default)
unsupported or incomplete features (default)

-W also understands:

turn on all the warnings
turn off all the warnings
turn off warnings in CATEGORY
treat all enabled warnings as errors

Library directories:

prepend directory DIR to search path
append directory DIR to search path

AUTHOR

Written by Roland McGrath 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).

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December 2023 GNU Autoconf 2.72