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2 .TH AUTORECONF "1" "July 2001" "GNU Autoconf 2.52" FSF
4 autoreconf \- Update generated configuration files
7 [\fIOPTION\fR] ... [\fITEMPLATE-FILE\fR]
9 Run `autoconf' (and `autoheader', `aclocal' and `automake', where
10 appropriate) repeatedly to remake the Autoconf `configure' scripts
11 and configuration header templates in the directory tree rooted at the
12 current directory. By default, it only remakes those files that are
13 older than their predecessors. If you install a new version of
14 Autoconf, running `autoreconf' remakes all of the files by giving it
16 .SS "Operation modes:"
18 \fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
19 print this help, then exit
21 \fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
22 print version number, then exit
24 \fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR
25 verbosely report processing
27 \fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-debug\fR
28 don't remove temporary files
30 \fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-force\fR
31 consider every files are obsolete
33 \fB\-i\fR, \fB\-\-install\fR
34 copy missing auxiliary files
36 \fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-symlink\fR
37 instead of copying, install symbolic links
39 The option `--install' is similar to the option `--add-missing' in
41 .SS "Library directories:"
43 \fB\-A\fR, \fB\-\-autoconf\-dir\fR=\fIACDIR\fR
44 Autoconf's macro files location (rarely needed)
46 \fB\-l\fR, \fB\-\-localdir\fR=\fIDIR\fR
47 location of `aclocal.m4' and `acconfig.h'
49 \fB\-M\fR, \fB\-\-m4dir\fR=\fIM4DIR\fR
50 this package's Autoconf extensions
52 Unless specified, heuristics try to compute `M4DIR' from the `Makefile.am',
53 or defaults to `m4' if it exists.
54 .SS "The following options are passed to `automake':"
57 assume program is part of Cygnus-style tree
60 set strictness to foreign
63 set strictness to gnits
68 \fB\-\-include\-deps\fR
69 include generated dependencies in Makefile.in
71 The environment variables AUTOCONF, AUTOHEADER, AUTOMAKE, and ACLOCAL
74 Written by David J. MacKenzie.
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