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only update Makefile.in's that are out of date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