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AUTOUPDATE
Section: User Commands (1)Updated: December 2023
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NAME
autoupdate - Update a configure.ac to a newer AutoconfSYNOPSIS
autoupdate [,OPTION/]... [,TEMPLAT-FILE/]...DESCRIPTION
Update each TEMPLATE-FILE if given, or 'configure.ac' if present, or else 'configure.in', to the syntax of the current version of Autoconf. The original files are backed up.Operation modes:
- -h, --help
- print this help, then exit
- -V, --version
- print version number, then exit
- -v, --verbose
- verbosely report processing
- -d, --debug
- don't remove temporary files
- -f, --force
- consider all files obsolete
Library directories:
- -B, --prepend-include=,DIR/
- prepend directory DIR to search path
- -I, --include=,DIR/
- append directory DIR to search path
AUTHOR
Written by David J. MacKenzie and Akim Demaille.REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to or via Savannah:COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+/Autoconf: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>, <https://gnu.org/licenses/exceptions.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
autoconf(1), automake(1), autoreconf(1), autoupdate(1), autoheader(1), autoscan(1), config.guess(1), config.sub(1), ifnames(1), libtool(1).The full documentation for Autoconf is maintained as a Texinfo manual. To read the manual locally, use the command
- info autoconf
You can also consult the Web version of the manual at