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AUTOCONF(1) User Commands AUTOCONF(1)

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'.

print this help, then exit
print version number, then exit
verbosely report processing
don't remove temporary files
consider all files obsolete
save output in FILE (stdout is the default)
report the warnings falling in CATEGORY [syntax]

`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.

prepend directory DIR to search path
append directory DIR to search path

report the list of calls to MACRO
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.

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

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info autoconf

should give you access to the complete manual.

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