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| ACLOCAL(1) | User Commands | ACLOCAL(1) |
NAME¶
aclocal - Generate aclocal.m4 by scanning configure.ac
SYNOPSIS¶
aclocal [OPTION]...
DESCRIPTION¶
Generate 'aclocal.m4' by scanning 'configure.ac' or 'configure.in'
OPTIONS¶
- --automake-acdir=DIR
- directory holding automake-provided m4 files
- --aclocal-path=PATH
- colon-separated list of directories to search for third-party local files
- --system-acdir=DIR
- directory holding third-party system-wide files
- --diff[=COMMAND]
- run COMMAND [diff -u] on M4 files that would be changed (implies --install and --dry-run)
- --dry-run
- pretend to, but do not actually update any file
- --force
- always update output file
- --help
- print this help, then exit
- -I DIR
- add directory to search list for .m4 files
- --install
- copy third-party files to the first -I directory
- --output=FILE
- put output in FILE (default aclocal.m4)
- --print-ac-dir
- print name of directory holding system-wide third-party m4 files, then exit
- --verbose
- don't be silent
- --version
- print version number, then exit
- -W, --warnings=CATEGORY
- report the warnings falling in CATEGORY, defaults to $WARNINGS
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
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/>.
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 aclocal is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and aclocal programs are properly installed at your site, the command
- info automake
should give you access to the complete manual.
| July 2024 | GNU automake 1.17 |