Sortix nightly manual
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NAME
autoconf - Generate configuration scriptsSYNOPSIS
autoconf [ ,OPTION/]... [,TEMPLATE-FILE/]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'.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
AUTHOR
Written by David J. MacKenzie and Akim Demaille.REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to or via Savannah: https://savannah.gnu.org/support/?group=autoconfCOPYRIGHT
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>SEE ALSO
autoconf(1), automake(1), autoreconf(1), autoupdate(1), autoheader(1), autoscan(1), config.guess(1), config.sub(1), ifnames(1), libtool(1).- info autoconf
| December 2023 | GNU Autoconf 2.72 |