autoconf - Generate configuration scripts
autoconf [
OPTION]... [
TEMPLATE-FILE]
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'.
-
-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
- 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)
- all
- all the warnings
- no-CATEGORY
- turn off warnings in CATEGORY
- none
- turn off all the warnings
The environment variables 'M4' and 'WARNINGS' are honored.
-
-B, --prepend-include=DIR
- prepend directory DIR to search path
-
-I, --include=DIR
- append directory DIR to search path
-
-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.
Written by David J. MacKenzie and Akim Demaille.
Report bugs to <
[email protected]>.
GNU Autoconf home page: <
https://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/>.
General help using GNU software: <
https://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>.
Copyright © 2021 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.
,
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. If
the
info and
autoconf programs are properly installed at your
site, the command
- info autoconf
should give you access to the complete manual.