autoupdate-dickey(1)

autoupdate-dickey1

Update a configure.in to a newer autoconf

Usage

autoupdate [OPTION] ... [TEMPLATE-FILE ...]

Overview

Update the TEMPLATE-FILE... if given, or `configure.ac' if present, or else `configure.in', to the syntax of the current version of Autoconf. The original files are backed up.

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

Library directories:

-A, --autoconf-dir=ACDIR

Autoconf's macro files location (rarely needed)

-l, --localdir=DIR

location of `aclocal.m4'

Environment variables:

M4

GNU M4 1.4 or above

AUTOCONF

autoconf 2.52.20250126

Releases

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

  1. 7
  2. 8
  3. 9
  4. 10
  5. 11
  6. 12
  7. 13

Author

Written by David J. MacKenzie and Akim Demaille.

Reporting bugs

Report bugs to <[email protected]>.

From autoconf-dickey 2.52+20250126-1 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.