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.TH AUTOCONF "1" "November 2006" "autoconf-2.61 2.61" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
autoconf \- Generate configuration scripts
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B autoconf-2.61
[\fIOPTION\fR] ... [\fITEMPLATE-FILE\fR]
.SH DESCRIPTION
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'.
.SS "Operation modes:"
.TP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
print this help, then exit
.TP
\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
print version number, then exit
.TP
\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR
verbosely report processing
.TP
\fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-debug\fR
don't remove temporary files
.TP
\fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-force\fR
consider all files obsolete
.TP
\fB\-o\fR, \fB\-\-output\fR=\fIFILE\fR
save output in FILE (stdout is the default)
.TP
\fB\-W\fR, \fB\-\-warnings\fR=\fICATEGORY\fR
report the warnings falling in CATEGORY [syntax]
.SS "Warning categories include:"
.TP
`cross'
cross compilation issues
.TP
`obsolete'
obsolete constructs
.TP
`syntax'
dubious syntactic constructs
.TP
`all'
all the warnings
.TP
`no\-CATEGORY'
turn off the warnings on CATEGORY
.TP
`none'
turn off all the warnings
.TP
`error'
warnings are error
.PP
The environment variables `M4' and `WARNINGS' are honored.
.SS "Library directories:"
.TP
\fB\-B\fR, \fB\-\-prepend\-include\fR=\fIDIR\fR
prepend directory DIR to search path
.TP
\fB\-I\fR, \fB\-\-include\fR=\fIDIR\fR
append directory DIR to search path
.SS "Tracing:"
.TP
\fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-trace\fR=\fIMACRO\fR
report the list of calls to MACRO
.TP
\fB\-i\fR, \fB\-\-initialization\fR
also trace Autoconf's initialization process
.PP
In tracing mode, no configuration script is created.
.SH AUTHOR
Written by David J. MacKenzie and Akim Demaille.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report bugs to <bug\-autoconf@gnu.org>.
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
.br
This is free software.  You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of
the GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR autoconf-2.61 (1),
.BR automake-2.61 (1),
.BR autoreconf-2.61 (1),
.BR autoupdate-2.61 (1),
.BR autoheader-2.61 (1),
.BR autoscan-2.61 (1),
.BR config.guess-2.61 (1),
.BR config.sub-2.61 (1),
.BR ifnames-2.61 (1),
.BR libtool (1).
.PP
The full documentation for
.B autoconf-2.61
is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the
.B info
and
.B autoconf-2.61
programs are properly installed at your site, the command
.IP
.B info autoconf-2.61
.PP
should give you access to the complete manual.