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AUTOCONF(1)			 User Commands			   AUTOCONF(1)

NAME
       autoconf	- Generate configuration scripts

SYNOPSIS
       autoconf2.69 [OPTION]...	[TEMPLATE-FILE]

DESCRIPTION
       Generate	a configuration	script from a TEMPLATE-FILE if given, or `con-
       figure.ac'  if  present,	or else	`configure.in'.	 Output	is sent	to the
       standard	output if TEMPLATE-FILE	is given, else into `configure'.

   Operation modes:
       -h, --help
	      print this help, then exit

       -V, --version
	      print version number, then exit

       -v, --verbose
	      verbosely	report processing

       -d, --debug
	      don't remove temporary files

       -f, --force
	      consider all files obsolete

       -o, --output=FILE
	      save output in FILE (stdout is the default)

       -W, --warnings=CATEGORY
	      report the warnings falling in CATEGORY [syntax]

   Warning categories include:
       `cross'
	      cross compilation	issues

       `obsolete'
	      obsolete constructs

       `syntax'
	      dubious syntactic	constructs

       `all'  all the warnings

       `no-CATEGORY'
	      turn off the warnings on CATEGORY

       `none' turn off all the warnings

       `error'
	      warnings are error

       The environment variables `M4' and `WARNINGS' are honored.

   Library directories:
       -B, --prepend-include=DIR
	      prepend directory	DIR to search path

       -I, --include=DIR
	      append directory DIR to search path

   Tracing:
       -t, --trace=MACRO[:FORMAT]
	      report the list of calls to MACRO

       -i, --initialization
	      also trace Autoconf's initialization process

       In tracing mode,	no configuration script	is created.   FORMAT  defaults
       to `$f:$l:$n:$%'; see `autom4te --help' for information about FORMAT.

AUTHOR
       Written by David	J. MacKenzie and Akim Demaille.

REPORTING BUGS
       Report bugs to <bug-autoconf@gnu.org>.
       GNU Autoconf home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/>.
       General help using GNU software:	<http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2012 Free Software	Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv3+/Auto-
       conf:  GNU  GPL	version	3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>,
       <http://gnu.org/licenses/exceptions.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
       autoconf2.69(1),	automake(1), autoreconf2.69(1),	autoupdate2.69(1), au-
       toheader2.69(1),	    autoscan2.69(1),	 config.guess2.69(1),	  con-
       fig.sub2.69(1), ifnames2.69(1), libtool(1).

       The full	documentation for autoconf2.69 is maintained as	a Texinfo man-
       ual.  If	the info and autoconf2.69 programs are properly	 installed  at
       your site, the command

	      info autoconf2.69

       should give you access to the complete manual.

GNU Autoconf 2.68b		  March	2012			   AUTOCONF(1)

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