automake-1.11(1)

manual page for automake 1.11.6

Section 1 automake1.11 bookworm source

Description

AUTOMAKE

NAME

automake - manual page for automake 1.11.6

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only update Makefile.in’s that are out of date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:

--cygnus

assume program is part of Cygnus-style tree

--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

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:

‘gnu’

GNU coding standards (default in gnu and gnits modes)

‘obsolete’

obsolete features or constructions

‘override’

user redefinitions of Automake rules or variables

‘portability’

portability issues (default in gnu and gnits modes)

‘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

INSTALL config.guess ltcf-gcj.sh

ABOUT-NLS

NEWS config.rpath ltconfig

AUTHORS

README config.sub ltmain.sh

BACKLOG

THANKS depcomp mdate-sh

COPYING

TODO elisp-comp missing

COPYING.DOC

ansi2knr.1 install-sh mkinstalldirs

COPYING.LESSER

ansi2knr.c libversion.in py-compile

COPYING.LIB

ar-lib ltcf-c.sh texinfo.tex

ChangeLog

compile ltcf-cxx.sh ylwrap

Files automatically distributed if found (under certain conditions):

acconfig.h

config.h.bot configure configure.in

aclocal.m4

config.h.top configure.ac stamp-vti

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: <http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/>.
General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv2+: GNU GPL version 2 or later <http://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.