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AUTOUPDATE(1) User Commands AUTOUPDATE(1)

autoupdate - Update a configure.in to a newer Autoconf

autoupdate [OPTION] ... [TEMPLATE-FILE...]

Update the TEMPLATE-FILE... if given, or `configure.ac' if present, or else `configure.in', to the syntax of the current version of Autoconf. The original files are backed up.

print this help, then exit
print version number, then exit
verbosely report processing
don't remove temporary files

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

GNU M4 1.4 or above
autoconf 2.52.20181006

Written by David J. MacKenzie and Akim Demaille.

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

Copyright 1994, 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.

autoconf(1), automake(1), autoreconf(1), autoupdate(1), autoheader(1), autoscan(1), config.guess(1), config.sub(1), ifnames(1), libtool(1).

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

info autoupdate

should give you access to the complete manual.

October 2018 autoupdate 2.52.20181006