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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:

print this help, then exit
print version number, then exit
verbosely report processing
don't remove temporary files
save output in FILE (stdout is the default)
report the warnings falling in CATEGORY [syntax]

OPTIONS

use shell-functions to reduce repetition

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 variable `WARNINGS' is honored.

Library directories:

Autoconf's macro files location (rarely needed)
location of the `aclocal.m4' file

Tracing:

report the list of calls to MACRO
also trace Autoconf's initialization process

In tracing mode, no configuration script is created.

AUTHOR

Written by David J. MacKenzie.

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to <dickey@invisible-island.net>.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2003-2022,2023 Thomas E. Dickey
Copyright 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001 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

autoconf(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.

June 2024 GNU Autoconf 2.52.20240618