AUTOMAKE

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: March 2025
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NAME

automake - Generate Makefile.in files for configure from Makefile.am  

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only update Makefile.in's that are out of date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

--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 are:

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)

 

-W also understands:

all

turn on all the warnings

none

turn off all the warnings

no-CATEGORY

turn off warnings in CATEGORY

error

treat all enabled 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/>.

Features: subsecond-mtime  

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2024 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.

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Index

NAME

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

Operation modes:

Dependency tracking:

Flavors:

Library files:

Warning categories are:

-W also understands:

Files automatically distributed if found (always):

Files automatically distributed if found (as .md if needed):

Files automatically distributed if found (under certain conditions):

AUTHOR

REPORTING BUGS

COPYRIGHT

SEE ALSO