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ACLOCAL(1) User Commands ACLOCAL(1) NAME aclocal - Generate aclocal.m4 by scanning configure.ac SYNOPSIS aclocal [OPTION]... DESCRIPTION Generate 'aclocal.m4' by scanning 'configure.ac' or 'configure.in' OPTIONS --automake-acdir=DIR directory holding automake-provided m4 files --aclocal-path=PATH colon-separated list of directories to search for third-party local files --system-acdir=DIR directory holding third-party system-wide files --diff[=COMMAND] run COMMAND [diff -u] on M4 files that would be changed (implies --install and --dry-run) --dry-run pretend to, but do not actually update any file --force always update output file --help print this help, then exit -I DIR add directory to search list for .m4 files --install copy third-party files to the first -I directory --output=FILE put output in FILE (default aclocal.m4) --print-ac-dir print name of directory holding system-wide third-party m4 files, then exit --verbose don't be silent --version print version number, then exit -W, --warnings=CATEGORY report the warnings falling in CATEGORY, defaults to $WARNINGS Warning categories are: 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) -W also understands: all turn on all the warnings none turn off all the warnings no-CATEGORY turn off warnings in CATEGORY error treat all enabled warnings as errors 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: <https://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>. COPYRIGHT Copyright (C) 2025 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. SEE ALSO The full documentation for aclocal is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and aclocal programs are properly installed at your site, the com- mand info automake should give you access to the complete manual. GNU automake 1.18.1 August 2026 ACLOCAL(1)
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