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<H1>AUTOCONF</H1>
Section: User Commands (1)<BR>Updated: January 2020<BR><A HREF="#index">Index</A>
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<H2>NAME</H2>
autoconf - Generate configuration scripts
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<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2>
<B>autoconf</B>
[<I>,OPTION/</I>]... [<I>,TEMPLATE-FILE/</I>]
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<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2>
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'.
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<H3>Operation modes:</H3>
<DL COMPACT>
<DT id="1"><B>-h</B>, <B>--help</B><DD>
print this help, then exit
<DT id="2"><B>-V</B>, <B>--version</B><DD>
print version number, then exit
<DT id="3"><B>-v</B>, <B>--verbose</B><DD>
verbosely report processing
<DT id="4"><B>-d</B>, <B>--debug</B><DD>
don't remove temporary files
<DT id="5"><B>-f</B>, <B>--force</B><DD>
consider all files obsolete
<DT id="6"><B>-o</B>, <B>--output</B>=<I>,FILE/</I><DD>
save output in FILE (stdout is the default)
<DT id="7"><B>-W</B>, <B>--warnings</B>=<I>,CATEGORY/</I><DD>
report the warnings falling in CATEGORY [syntax]
</DL>
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<H3>Warning categories include:</H3>
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<DT id="8">`cross'<DD>
cross compilation issues
<DT id="9">`obsolete'<DD>
obsolete constructs
<DT id="10">`syntax'<DD>
dubious syntactic constructs
<DT id="11">`all'<DD>
all the warnings
<DT id="12">`no-CATEGORY'<DD>
turn off the warnings on CATEGORY
<DT id="13">`none'<DD>
turn off all the warnings
<DT id="14">`error'<DD>
warnings are error
</DL>
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The environment variables `M4' and `WARNINGS' are honored.
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<H3>Library directories:</H3>
<DL COMPACT>
<DT id="15"><B>-B</B>, <B>--prepend-include</B>=<I>,DIR/</I><DD>
prepend directory DIR to search path
<DT id="16"><B>-I</B>, <B>--include</B>=<I>,DIR/</I><DD>
append directory DIR to search path
</DL>
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<H3>Tracing:</H3>
<DL COMPACT>
<DT id="17"><B>-t</B>, <B>--trace</B>=<I>,MACRO[/</I>:FORMAT]<DD>
report the list of calls to MACRO
<DT id="18"><B>-i</B>, <B>--initialization</B><DD>
also trace Autoconf's initialization process
</DL>
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In tracing mode, no configuration script is created. FORMAT defaults
to `$f:$l:$n:$%'; see `autom4te <B>--help</B>' for information about FORMAT.
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<H2>AUTHOR</H2>
Written by David J. MacKenzie and Akim Demaille.
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<H2>REPORTING BUGS</H2>
Report bugs to &lt;<A HREF="mailto:bug-autoconf@gnu.org">bug-autoconf@gnu.org</A>&gt;.
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GNU Autoconf home page: &lt;<A HREF="http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/">http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/</A>&gt;.
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General help using GNU software: &lt;<A HREF="http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/">http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/</A>&gt;.
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<H2>COPYRIGHT</H2>
Copyright &#169; 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+/Autoconf: GNU GPL version 3 or later
&lt;<A HREF="http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html">http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html</A>&gt;, &lt;<A HREF="http://gnu.org/licenses/exceptions.html">http://gnu.org/licenses/exceptions.html</A>&gt;
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This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
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<H2>SEE ALSO</H2>
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?1+autoconf">autoconf</A></B>(1),
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?1+automake">automake</A></B>(1),
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?1+autoreconf">autoreconf</A></B>(1),
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?1+autoupdate">autoupdate</A></B>(1),
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?1+autoheader">autoheader</A></B>(1),
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?1+autoscan">autoscan</A></B>(1),
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?1+config.guess">config.guess</A></B>(1),
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?1+config.sub">config.sub</A></B>(1),
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?1+ifnames">ifnames</A></B>(1),
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?1+libtool">libtool</A></B>(1).
<P>
The full documentation for
<B>autoconf</B>
is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the
<B>info</B>
and
<B>autoconf</B>
programs are properly installed at your site, the command
<DL COMPACT>
<DT id="19"><DD>
<B>info autoconf</B>
</DL>
<P>
should give you access to the complete manual.
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<A NAME="index">&nbsp;</A><H2>Index</H2>
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<DT id="20"><A HREF="#lbAB">NAME</A><DD>
<DT id="21"><A HREF="#lbAC">SYNOPSIS</A><DD>
<DT id="22"><A HREF="#lbAD">DESCRIPTION</A><DD>
<DL>
<DT id="23"><A HREF="#lbAE">Operation modes:</A><DD>
<DT id="24"><A HREF="#lbAF">Warning categories include:</A><DD>
<DT id="25"><A HREF="#lbAG">Library directories:</A><DD>
<DT id="26"><A HREF="#lbAH">Tracing:</A><DD>
</DL>
<DT id="27"><A HREF="#lbAI">AUTHOR</A><DD>
<DT id="28"><A HREF="#lbAJ">REPORTING BUGS</A><DD>
<DT id="29"><A HREF="#lbAK">COPYRIGHT</A><DD>
<DT id="30"><A HREF="#lbAL">SEE ALSO</A><DD>
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