automake-1.14: Manual page for automake 1.14.1

SYNOPSIS

automake-1.14 [OPTION]... [Makefile]...

DESCRIPTION

Generate Makefile.in for configure from Makefile.am.

Operation modes:

--help: print this help, then exit
--version: print version number, then exit
-v, --verbose: verbosely list files processed
--no-force: only update Makefile.in's that are out of date
-W, --warnings=CATEGORY: report the warnings falling in CATEGORY

Dependency tracking:

-i, --ignore-deps: disable dependency tracking code
--include-deps: enable dependency tracking code

Flavors:

--foreign: set strictness to foreign
--gnits: set strictness to gnits
--gnu: set strictness to gnu

Library files:

-a, --add-missing: add missing standard files to package
--libdir=DIR: set directory storing library files
--print-libdir: print directory storing library files
-c, --copy: with -a, copy missing files (default is symlink)
-f, --force-missing: force update of standard files

Warning categories include:

gnu: GNU coding standards (default in gnu and gnits modes)
obsolete: obsolete features or constructions
override: user redefinitions of Automake rules or variables
portability: portability issues (default in gnu and gnits modes)
extra-portability: extra portability issues related to obscure tools
syntax: dubious syntactic constructs (default)
unsupported: unsupported or incomplete features (default)
all: all the warnings
no-CATEGORY: turn off warnings in CATEGORY
none: turn off all the warnings
error: treat warnings as errors

Files automatically distributed if found (always):

ABOUT-GNU

INSTALL config.rpath ltconfig

ABOUT-NLS

NEWS config.sub ltmain.sh

AUTHORS

README depcomp mdate-sh

BACKLOG

THANKS install-sh missing

COPYING

TODO libversion.in mkinstalldirs

COPYING.DOC

ar-lib ltcf-c.sh py-compile

COPYING.LESSER

compile ltcf-cxx.sh texinfo.tex

COPYING.LIB

config.guess ltcf-gcj.sh ylwrap

ChangeLog

Files automatically distributed if found (under certain conditions):

acconfig.h: config.h.bot configure configure.in
aclocal.m4: config.h.top configure.ac stamp-vti

AUTHOR

Written by Tom Tromey <[email protected]>

and Alexandre Duret-Lutz <[email protected]>.

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to <[email protected]>.

GNU Automake home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/>.

General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv2+: GNU GPL version 2 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html>

This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

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The full documentation for automake is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and automake programs are properly installed at your site, the command

info automake

should give you access to the complete manual.