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AUTOCONF

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
Operation modes:
OPTIONS
Warning categories include:
Library directories:
Tracing:
AUTHOR
REPORTING BUGS
COPYRIGHT
SEE ALSO

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

-o , --output = FILE

save output in FILE (stdout is the default)

-W , --warnings = CATEGORY

report the warnings falling in CATEGORY [syntax]

OPTIONS

--opt-functions

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:

-A , --autoconf-dir = ACDIR

Autoconf’s macro files location (rarely needed)

-l , --localdir = DIR

location of the ‘aclocal.m4’ file

Tracing:

-t , --trace = MACRO

report the list of calls to MACRO

-i , --initialization

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.