automake-1.11(1)

automake-1.111

Manual page for automake 1.11.6

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only update Makefile.in's that are out of date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:

--cygnus

assume program is part of Cygnus-style tree

--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

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.guess ltcf-gcj.sh

ABOUT-NLS

NEWS config.rpath ltconfig

AUTHORS

README config.sub ltmain.sh

BACKLOG

THANKS depcomp mdate-sh

COPYING

TODO elisp-comp missing

COPYING.DOC

ansi2knr.1 install-sh mkinstalldirs

COPYING.LESSER

ansi2knr.c libversion.in py-compile

COPYING.LIB

ar-lib ltcf-c.sh texinfo.tex

ChangeLog

compile ltcf-cxx.sh ylwrap

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

Releases

7 releases since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze); the text changed 1 time.

  1. 6.0
  2. 7–12

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/>.

From automake1.11 1:1.11.6-6 in Debian 12 (Bookworm). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.