autoupdate − Update a configure.ac to a newer Autoconf
autoupdate [OPTION]... [TEMPLATE-FILE]...
Update each 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.
−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
−B, −−prepend−include=DIR
prepend directory DIR to search path
−I, −−include=DIR
append directory DIR to search path
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
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