autoconf - Generate configuration scripts

NAME SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION Operation modes: Warning categories are: -W also understands: Library directories: Tracing: AUTHOR REPORTING BUGS COPYRIGHT SEE ALSO

NAME

autoconf − Generate configuration scripts

SYNOPSIS

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’.

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 (comma−separated list accepted)

Warning categories are:

	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)

-W also understands:

	all		turn on all the warnings
	none		turn off all the warnings

no−CATEGORY

turn off warnings in CATEGORY

error

treat all enabled warnings as errors

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 [email protected], or via Savannah: https://savannah.gnu.org/support/?group=autoconf.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2023 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.