ACLOCAL(1) User Commands ACLOCAL(1)
NAME
aclocal - manual page for aclocal 1.16.5
SYNOPSIS
aclocal [
OPTION]...
DESCRIPTION
Generate 'aclocal.m4' by scanning 'configure.ac' or 'configure.in'
OPTIONS
--automake-acdir=
DIR directory holding automake-provided m4 files
--system-acdir=
DIR directory holding third-party system-wide files
--diff[=
COMMAND]
run COMMAND [diff
-u] on M4 files that would be changed
(implies
--install and
--dry-run)
--dry-run pretend to, but do not actually update any file
--force always update output file
--help print this help, then exit
-I DIR add directory to search list for .m4 files
--install copy third-party files to the first
-I directory
--output=
FILE put output in FILE (default aclocal.m4)
--print-ac-dir print name of directory holding system-wide third-party m4
files, then exit
--verbose don't be silent
--version print version number, then exit
-W,
--warnings=
CATEGORY report the warnings falling in CATEGORY
Warning categories include: 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)
all all the warnings
no-CATEGORY
turn off warnings in CATEGORY
none turn off all the warnings
error treat warnings as errors
AUTHOR
Written by Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>
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
aclocal is maintained as a Texinfo manual.
If the
info and
aclocal programs are properly installed at your site,
the command
info aclocal should give you access to the complete manual.
GNU automake 1.16.5 March 2024 ACLOCAL(1)
