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6 autoreconf - Update generated configuration files
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9 autoreconf [OPTION]... [DIRECTORY]...
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12 Run `autoconf' (and `autoheader', `aclocal', `automake', `autopoint'
13 (formerly `gettextize'), and `libtoolize' where appropriate) repeatedly
14 to remake the GNU Build System files in specified DIRECTORIES and their
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17 By default, it only remakes those files that are older than their
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19 make `autoreconf' remake all of the files by giving it the `--force'
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22 Operation modes:
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24 print this help, then exit
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27 print version number, then exit
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30 verbosely report processing
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36 consider all files obsolete
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39 copy missing auxiliary files
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41 --no-recursive
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45 with -i, install symbolic links instead of copies
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48 when applicable, re-run ./configure && make
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50 -W, --warnings=CATEGORY
51 report the warnings falling in CATEGORY [syntax]
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62 `override'
63 user redefinitions of Automake rules or variables
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65 `portability'
66 portability issues (default in gnu and gnits modes)
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68 `syntax'
69 dubious syntactic constructs (default)
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71 `unsupported'
72 unsupported or incomplete features (default)
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76 `no-CATEGORY'
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81 `error'
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84 The environment variable `WARNINGS' is honored. Some subtools might
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89 prepend directory DIR to search path
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91 -I, --include=DIR
92 append directory DIR to search path
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94 The environment variables AUTOM4TE, AUTOCONF, AUTOHEADER, AUTOMAKE,
95 ACLOCAL, AUTOPOINT, LIBTOOLIZE, M4, and MAKE are honored.
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98 Written by David J. MacKenzie and Akim Demaille.
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101 Report bugs to <bug-autoconf@gnu.org>.
102 GNU Autoconf home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/>.
103 General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>.
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106 Copyright © 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+/Auto‐
107 conf: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>,
108 <http://gnu.org/licenses/exceptions.html>
109 This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
110 There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
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113 autoconf(1), automake(1), autoreconf(1), autoupdate(1), autoheader(1),
114 autoscan(1), config.guess(1), config.sub(1), ifnames(1), libtool(1).
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116 The full documentation for autoreconf is maintained as a Texinfo man‐
117 ual. If the info and autoreconf programs are properly installed at
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