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NAME
automake - manual page for automake 1.16.5
SYNOPSIS
automake [OPTION]... [Makefile]...
DESCRIPTION
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only update Makefile.in's that are out of date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 include:
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)
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
TODO install-sh mdate-sh
ABOUT-NLS
ar-lib libversion.in missing
BACKLOG
compile ltcf-c.sh mkinstalldirs
COPYING
config.guess ltcf-cxx.sh py-compile
COPYING.DOC
config.rpath ltcf-gcj.sh texinfo.tex
COPYING.LESSER
config.sub ltconfig ylwrap
COPYING.LIB
depcomp ltmain.sh
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
and Alexandre Duret-Lutz <adl@gnu.org>.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <bug-automake@gnu.org>.
GNU Automake home page: <https://www.gnu.org/software/automake/>.
General help using GNU software: <https://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv2+: GNU
GPL version 2 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
SEE ALSO
The full documentation for automake is maintained as a Texinfo manual.
If the info and automake programs are properly installed at your site,
the command
info automake
should give you access to the complete manual.
GNU automake 1.16.5 December 2023 AUTOMAKE(1)