aclocal(1)

1ACLOCAL(1)                       User Commands                      ACLOCAL(1)
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NAME

6       aclocal - manual page for aclocal 1.16.5
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SYNOPSIS

9       aclocal [OPTION]...
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DESCRIPTION

12       Generate 'aclocal.m4' by scanning 'configure.ac' or 'configure.in'
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OPTIONS

15       --automake-acdir=DIR
16              directory holding automake-provided m4 files
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18       --system-acdir=DIR
19              directory holding third-party system-wide files
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21       --diff[=COMMAND]
22              run COMMAND [diff -u] on M4 files that would be changed (implies
23              --install and --dry-run)
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25       --dry-run
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31       --help print this help, then exit
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33       -I DIR add directory to search list for .m4 files
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42              print name  of  directory  holding  system-wide  third-party  m4
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51       -W, --warnings=CATEGORY
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54   Warning categories include:
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AUTHOR

89       Written by Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>
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91              and Alexandre Duret-Lutz <adl@gnu.org>.
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REPORTING BUGS

94       Report bugs to <bug-automake@gnu.org>.
95       GNU Automake home page: <https://www.gnu.org/software/automake/>.
96       General help using GNU software: <https://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>.
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COPYRIGHT

99       Copyright  ©  2021  Free Software Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv2+: GNU
100       GPL version 2 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html>
101       This is free software: you are free  to  change  and  redistribute  it.
102       There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
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