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NAME

6       autoconf - Generate configuration scripts
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SYNOPSIS

9       autoconf [OPTION]... [TEMPLATE-FILE]
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DESCRIPTION

12       Generate a configuration script from a TEMPLATE-FILE if given, or `con‐
13       figure.ac' if present, or else `configure.in'.  Output is sent  to  the
14       standard output if TEMPLATE-FILE is given, else into `configure'.
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16   Operation modes:
17       -h, --help
18              print this help, then exit
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20       -V, --version
21              print version number, then exit
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23       -v, --verbose
24              verbosely report processing
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26       -d, --debug
27              don't remove temporary files
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29       -f, --force
30              consider all files obsolete
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32       -o, --output=FILE
33              save output in FILE (stdout is the default)
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35       -W, --warnings=CATEGORY
36              report the warnings falling in CATEGORY [syntax]
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38   Warning categories include:
39       `cross'
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45       `syntax'
46              dubious syntactic constructs
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48       `all'  all the warnings
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50       `no-CATEGORY'
51              turn off the warnings on CATEGORY
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53       `none' turn off all the warnings
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55       `error'
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58       The environment variables `M4' and `WARNINGS' are honored.
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60   Library directories:
61       -B, --prepend-include=DIR
62              prepend directory DIR to search path
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64       -I, --include=DIR
65              append directory DIR to search path
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67   Tracing:
68       -t, --trace=MACRO[:FORMAT]
69              report the list of calls to MACRO
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71       -i, --initialization
72              also trace Autoconf's initialization process
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74       In  tracing  mode, no configuration script is created.  FORMAT defaults
75       to `$f:$l:$n:$%'; see `autom4te --help' for information about FORMAT.
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AUTHOR

78       Written by David J. MacKenzie and Akim Demaille.
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REPORTING BUGS

81       Report  bugs  to  <bug-autoconf@gnu.org>.   GNU  Autoconf  home   page:
82       <http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/>.   General help using GNU soft‐
83       ware: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>.
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86       Copyright © 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.   License  GPLv3+/Auto‐
87       conf:  GNU  GPL  version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>,
88       <http://gnu.org/licenses/exceptions.html>
89       This is free software: you are free  to  change  and  redistribute  it.
90       There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
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SEE ALSO

93       autoconf(1),  automake(1), autoreconf(1), autoupdate(1), autoheader(1),
94       autoscan(1), config.guess(1), config.sub(1), ifnames(1), libtool(1).
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96       The full documentation for autoconf is maintained as a Texinfo  manual.
97       If  the info and autoconf programs are properly installed at your site,
98       the command
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102       should give you access to the complete manual.
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106GNU Autoconf 2.65.108-b6a5         July 2010                       AUTOCONF(1)
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