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AUTOCONF(1)			 User Commands			   AUTOCONF(1)

NAME
       autoconf	- Generate configuration scripts

SYNOPSIS
       autoconf2.72 [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	(comma-separated  list
	      accepted)

   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

   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>,	or    via    Savannah:
       <https://savannah.gnu.org/support/?group=autoconf2.72>.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2023 Free Software	Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv3+/Auto-
       conf:  GNU  GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>,
       <https://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
       autoconf2.72(1),	automake(1), autoreconf2.72(1),	autoupdate2.72(1), au-
       toheader2.72(1),	autoscan2.72(1), ifnames2.72(1), libtool(1).

       The  full documentation for Autoconf is maintained as a Texinfo manual.
       To read the manual locally, use the command

	      info autoconf2.72

       You  can	 also	consult	  the	Web   version	of   the   manual   at
       <https://gnu.org/software/autoconf/manual/>.

GNU Autoconf 2.72		 December 2023			   AUTOCONF(1)

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