automake
manual page for automake 1.15
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only update Makefile.in's that are out of date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
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 © 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.
AUTHOR
Written by Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>
and Alexandre Duret-Lutz <adl@gnu.org>.
