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AUTOMAKE

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: July 2011
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NAME

automake - manual page for automake 1.10.3  

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only update Makefile.in's that are out of date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)
`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 which are automatically distributed, if found:

ABOUT-GNU
README config.rpath ltcf-gcj.sh
ABOUT-NLS
THANKS config.sub ltconfig
AUTHORS
TODO configure ltmain.sh
BACKLOG
acconfig.h configure.ac mdate-sh
COPYING
aclocal.m4 configure.in missing
COPYING.DOC
ansi2knr.1 depcomp mkinstalldirs
COPYING.LESSER
ansi2knr.c elisp-comp py-compile
COPYING.LIB
compile install-sh stamp-vti
ChangeLog
config.guess libversion.in texinfo.tex
INSTALL
config.h.bot ltcf-c.sh ylwrap
NEWS
config.h.top ltcf-cxx.sh
 

AUTHOR

Written by Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>
and Alexandre Duret-Lutz <adl@gnu.org>.
 

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to <bug-automake@gnu.org>.  

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv2+: GNU GPL version 2 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.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.


 

Index

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
Operation modes:
Dependency tracking:
Flavors:
Library files:
Warning categories include:
Files which are automatically distributed, if found:
AUTHOR
REPORTING BUGS
COPYRIGHT
SEE ALSO