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NAME


automake - manual page for automake 1.16.5

SYNOPSIS


automake-1.16 [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only update Makefile.in's that are out of date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:
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

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

acconfig.h
config.h.top configure.ac stamp-vti

aclocal.m4

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 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 March 2024 AUTOMAKE(1)

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