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autoupdate - Update a configure.ac to a newer Autoconf

NAME  SYNOPSIS  DESCRIPTION  Operation modes:  Library directories:  AUTHOR  REPORTING BUGS  COPYRIGHT  SEE ALSO 

NAME

autoupdate − Update a configure.ac to a newer Autoconf

SYNOPSIS

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

DESCRIPTION

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.

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

Library directories:

−B, −−prepend−include=DIR

prepend directory DIR to search path

−I, −−include=DIR

append directory DIR to search path

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.

SEE ALSO

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 Autoconf is maintained as a Texinfo manual. To read the manual locally, use the command

info autoconf

You can also consult the Web version of the manual at https://gnu.org/software/autoconf/manual/.


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