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AUTOMAKE(1) User Commands AUTOMAKE(1) NAME automake - Generate Makefile.in files for configure from Makefile.am 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version number, then exit -v, --verbose verbosely list files processed --no-force only update Makefile.in's that are out of date -W, --warnings=CATEGORY report the warnings falling in CATEGORY Dependency tracking: -i, --ignore-deps disable dependency tracking code --include-deps enable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: --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 set directory storing library files --print-libdir print directory storing library files -c, --copy with -a, copy missing files (default is symlink) -f, --force-missing force update of standard files 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 Files automatically distributed if found (always): ABOUT-GNU TODO install-sh mdate-sh ABOUT-NLS ar-lib libversion.in missing BACKLOG compile ltcf-c.sh mkinstalldirs COPYING config.guess ltcf-cxx.sh py-compile COPYING.DOC config.rpath ltcf-gcj.sh texinfo.tex COPYING.LESSER config.sub ltconfig ylwrap COPYING.LIB depcomp ltmain.sh Files automatically distributed if found (as .md if needed): AUTHORS[.md] INSTALL[.md] README[.md] THANKS[.md] ChangeLog[.md] NEWS[.md] Files automatically distributed if found (under certain conditions): README-alpha[.md] config.h.bot configure configure.in acconfig.h config.h.top configure.ac stamp-vti aclocal.m4 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/>. Features: subsecond-mtime 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 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. GNU automake 1.18.1 August 2026 AUTOMAKE(1)
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