AUTOMAKE

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: May 2009
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NAME

automake - manual page for automake 1.11  

SYNOPSIS

automake [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only update Makefile.in's that are out of date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:

--cygnus
assume program is part of Cygnus-style tree
--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
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:

`gnu'
GNU coding standards (default in gnu and gnits modes)
`obsolete'
obsolete features or constructions
`override'
user redefinitions of Automake rules or variables
`portability'
portability issues (default in gnu and gnits modes)
`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 which are automatically distributed, if found:

ABOUT-GNU
README config.rpath ltcf-gcj.sh
ABOUT-NLS
THANKS config.sub ltconfig
AUTHORS
TODO configure ltmain.sh
BACKLOG
acconfig.h configure.ac mdate-sh
COPYING
aclocal.m4 configure.in missing
COPYING.DOC
ansi2knr.1 depcomp mkinstalldirs
COPYING.LESSER
ansi2knr.c elisp-comp py-compile
COPYING.LIB
compile install-sh stamp-vti
ChangeLog
config.guess libversion.in texinfo.tex
INSTALL
config.h.bot ltcf-c.sh ylwrap
NEWS
config.h.top ltcf-cxx.sh
 

AUTHOR

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

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to <bug-automake@gnu.org>.  

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv2+: GNU GPL version 2 or later <http://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 automake is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and automake programs are properly installed at your site, the command
info automake

should give you access to the complete manual.