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AUTOCONF
!!!AUTOCONF
NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
SEE ALSO
AUTHORS
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!!NAME


autoconf - creates scripts to configure source code packages using templates
!!SYNOPSIS


__autoconf__ [[ __--help__ | __-h__ ] [[
__--version__ | __-V__ ] [[ __--verbose__ |
__-v__ ] [[ __--debug__ | __-d__ ] [[
__--autoconf-dir=__''dir'' | __-A__ ''dir'' ] [[
__--localdir=__''dir'' | __-l__ ''dir'' ] [[
__--output=__''file'' | __-o__ ''file'' ] [[
__--warnings=__''category'' | __-W__
''category'' ] [[
__--trace=__''macro''[[__:__''format''] |
__-t__ ''macro''[[__:__''format''] ] [[
__--initialization__ | __-i__ ]
!!DESCRIPTION


To create __configure__ from __configure.in__, run the
__autoconf__ program with no arguments. __autoconf__
processes __configure.ac__ with the __m4__ macro
processor, using the Autoconf macros. If you give
__autoconf__ an argument, it reads that file instead of
__configure.ac__ and writes the configuration script to
the standard output instead of to __configure__. If you
give __autoconf__ the argument __-__, it reads the
standard input instead of __configure.ac__ and writes the
configuration script on the standard output.


The Autoconf macros are defined in several files. Some of
the files are distributed with Autoconf; __autoconf__
reads them first. Then it looks for the optional file
__acsite.m4__ in the directory that contains the
distributed Autoconf macro files, and for the optional file
__aclocal.m4__ in the current directory. Those files can
contain your site's or the package's own Autoconf macro
definitions. If a macro is defined in more than one of the
files that __autoconf__ reads, the last definition it
reads overrides the earlier ones.


__autoconf__ accepts the following options:


__--help__


__-h__


Print a summary of the command line options and
exit.


__--version__


__-V__


Print the version number of Autoconf and exit.


__--verbose__


__-v__


Report processing steps.


__--debug__


__-d__


Don't remove the temporary files.


__--autoconf-dir=__''dir''


__-A__ ''dir''


Look for the installed macro files in directory ''dir''.
You can also set the __AC_MACRODIR__ environment variable
to a directory; this option overrides the environment
variable.


__--localdir=__''dir''


__-l__ ''dir''


Look for the package file __aclocal.m4__ in directory
''dir'' instead of in the current directory.


__--output=__''file''


__-o__ file


Save output (script or trace) to ''file''. The file
__-__ stands for the standard output.


__--warnings=__''category''


__-W__ ''category''


Report the warnings related to ''category'' (which can
actually be a comma separated list). Special values for
''category'' include __all__ to report all warnings,
__none__ to report no warnings, and __error__ to treat
warnings as errors. See the Texinfo documentation for a list
of categories and additional information.


__--trace=__''macro''[[__:__''format'']


__-t__ ''macro''[[__:__''format'']


Do not create the __configure__ script, but list the
calls to ''macro'' according to the Iformat. Multiple
__--trace__ arguments can be used to list several macros.
Multiple __--trace__ arguments for a single macro are not
cumulative; instead, you should just make ''format'' as
long as needed.


The ''format'' is a regular string, with newlines if
desired, and several special escape codes. It defaults to
__$f:$l:$n:$%__; see the Texinfo documentation for
details.


__--initialization__


__-i__


By default, __--trace__ does not trace the initialization
of the Autoconf macros (typically the __AC_DEFUN__
definitions). This results in a noticeable speedup, but can
be disabled by this option.
!!SEE ALSO


autoheader(1), autoreconf(1),
autoscan(1), autoupdate(1),
ifnames(1)
!!AUTHORS


David !MacKenzie, with help from Franc,ois Pinard, Karl
Berry, Richard Pixley, Ian Lance Taylor, Roland !McGrath,
Noah Friedman, David D. Zuhn, and many others. This manpage
written by Ben Pfaff
autoconf__ package.
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