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Usage

autoconf [OPTION] ... [TEMPLATE-FILE]

Overview

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

-o, --output=FILE: save output in FILE (stdout is the default)

-W, --warnings=CATEGORY: report the warnings falling in CATEGORY [syntax]

Options

--opt-functions: use shell-functions to reduce repetition

Warning categories include:

`cross'	cross compilation issues
`obsolete'	obsolete constructs
`syntax'	dubious syntactic constructs
`all'	all the warnings
`no-CATEGORY'	turn off the warnings on CATEGORY
`none'	turn off all the warnings
`error'	warnings are error

The environment variable `WARNINGS' is honored.

Library directories:

-A, --autoconf-dir=ACDIR: Autoconf's macro files location (rarely needed)

-l, --localdir=DIR: location of the `aclocal.m4' file

Tracing:

-t, --trace=MACRO: report the list of calls to MACRO

-i, --initialization: also trace Autoconf's initialization process

In tracing mode, no configuration script is created.

Releases

7 releases since Debian 7 (Wheezy); the text changed 6 times.

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--opt-functions since Debian 13 (Trixie).

-opt-functions until Debian 12 (Bookworm).