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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	      only update Makefile.in's	that are out of	date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) 2024 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 1.17		  April	2025			   AUTOMAKE(1)

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