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.
Report bugs to
<bug−[email protected]>.
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<https://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/>.
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<https://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>.
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2021 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.
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.