Automake (1) Linux Manual Page

NAME

automake – manual page for automake 1.16.5

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–no-force: only update Makefile.in’s that are out of date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

AUTHOR

Written by Tom Tromey <tromey [at] redhat.com>

: and Alexandre Duret-Lutz <adl [at] gnu.org>.

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to <bug-automake [at] 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.

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