Section 1 · User commands

automake.1

Package: automake

AUTOMAKE

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
AUTHOR
REPORTING BUGS
COPYRIGHT
SEE ALSO

NAME

automake − manual page for automake 1.16.5

SYNOPSIS

automake-1.16 [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only update Makefile.in’s that are out of date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 include:


	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)


	all		all the warnings

no−CATEGORY

turn off warnings in CATEGORY

none

turn off all the warnings

error

treat 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/>.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2021 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.