automake1

Generate makefile.in files for configure from makefile.am

Usage

automake [OPTION] ... [Makefile] ...

Overview

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--no-force: only update Makefile.in's that are out of date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 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

Files automatically distributed if found (always):

`ABOUT-GNU`	COPYING.LIB config.sub ltmain.sh
`ABOUT-NLS`	COPYINGv2 depcomp mdate-sh
`BACKLOG`	COPYINGv3 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.LESSERv2`	config.guess ltcf-gcj.sh ylwrap
`COPYING.LESSERv3`	config.rpath ltconfig

Files automatically distributed if found (as .md if needed):

`AUTHORS[.md]`	INSTALL[.md] README[.md] THANKS[.md]
`ChangeLog[.md]`	NEWS[.md]

Files automatically distributed if found (under certain conditions):

`README-alpha[.md]`	config.h.bot configure configure.in
`acconfig.h`	config.h.top configure.ac stamp-vti
	aclocal.m4

Releases

5 releases since Debian 2.0 (Hamm); the text changed 1 time.

--copy since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; --force-missing since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; --ignore-deps since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; --libdir since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; --print-libdir since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; --warnings since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; -W since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; -c since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; -f since Arch Linux 2026-11-01.

--amdir until Debian 3.0 (Woody); --build-dir until Debian 3.0 (Woody); --cygnus until Debian 3.0 (Woody); --output-dir until Debian 3.0 (Woody); --srcdir-name until Debian 3.0 (Woody); -o until Debian 3.0 (Woody).