aclocal1
Generate aclocal.m4 by scanning configure.ac
Usage
aclocal [OPTION] ...
Overview
Generate 'aclocal.m4' by scanning 'configure.ac' or 'configure.in'
Options
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--automake-acdir=DIR -
directory holding automake-provided m4 files
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--aclocal-path=PATH -
colon-separated list of directories to search for third-party local files
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--system-acdir=DIR -
directory holding third-party system-wide files
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--diff[=COMMAND] -
run COMMAND [diff
-u]on M4 files that would be changed (implies--installand--dry-run)
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--dry-run -
pretend to, but do not actually update any file
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--force -
always update output file
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--help -
print this help, then exit
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-I DIR -
add directory to search list for .m4 files
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--install -
copy third-party files to the first
-Idirectory
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--output=FILE -
put output in FILE (default aclocal.m4)
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--print-ac-dir -
print name of directory holding system-wide third-party m4 files, then exit
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--verbose -
don't be silent
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--version -
print version number, then exit
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-W, --warnings=CATEGORY -
report the warnings falling in CATEGORY, defaults to $WARNINGS
Warning categories are:
cross
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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
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nested Make variables (default with |
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 |
Releases
5 releases since Debian 2.0 (Hamm); the text changed 2 times.
--aclocal-path since Arch Linux 2026-11-01;
--automake-acdir since Arch Linux 2026-11-01;
--diff since Arch Linux 2026-11-01;
--dry-run since Arch Linux 2026-11-01;
--force since Arch Linux 2026-11-01;
--install since Arch Linux 2026-11-01;
--print-ac-dir since Arch Linux 2026-11-01;
--system-acdir since Arch Linux 2026-11-01;
--warnings since Arch Linux 2026-11-01;
-W since Arch Linux 2026-11-01.
--acdir until Debian 3.0 (Woody);
-v until Debian 2.2 (Potato).