AUTOCONF(1)

NAME
autoconf - Generate configuration scripts

SYNOPSIS
autoconf-2.69 [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

-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 [syntax]

  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 variables `M4' and `WARNINGS' are honored.

  Library directories:

-B, --prepend-include=DIR
    prepend directory DIR to search path

-I, --include=DIR
    append directory DIR to search path

  Tracing:

-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.

AUTHOR
Written by David J. MacKenzie and Akim Demaille.

REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <bug-autoconf@gnu.org>.
GNU Autoconf home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf-2.69/>.
General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>.

COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+/Autoconf: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>, <http://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-2.69(1), automake-2.69(1), autoreconf-2.69(1), autoupdate-2.69(1), autoheader-2.69(1), autoscan-2.69(1), config.guess-2.69(1), config.sub-2.69(1), ifnames-2.69(1), libtool(1).

The full documentation for autoconf-2.69 is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and autoconf-2.69 programs are properly installed at your site, the command

    info autoconf-2.69

should give you access to the complete manual.