NAME

automake - manual page for automake 1.11.6

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--no-force: only update Makefile.in's that are out of date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)
`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: INSTALL config.guess ltcf-gcj.sh
ABOUT-NLS: NEWS config.rpath ltconfig
AUTHORS: README config.sub ltmain.sh
BACKLOG: THANKS depcomp mdate-sh
COPYING: TODO elisp-comp missing
COPYING.DOC: ansi2knr.1 install-sh mkinstalldirs
COPYING.LESSER: ansi2knr.c libversion.in py-compile
COPYING.LIB: ar-lib ltcf-c.sh texinfo.tex
ChangeLog: compile ltcf-cxx.sh ylwrap

Files automatically distributed if found (under certain conditions):

acconfig.h: config.h.bot configure configure.in
aclocal.m4: config.h.top configure.ac stamp-vti

AUTHOR

Written by Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>

: and Alexandre Duret-Lutz <adl@gnu.org>.

REPORTING BUGS

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

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2011 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.

automake-1.11(1)