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.TH AUTOMAKE "1" "July 2012" "automake 1.11.6" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
automake \- manual page for automake 1.11.6
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B automake
[\fIOPTION\fR] ... [\fIMakefile\fR]...
.SH DESCRIPTION
Generate Makefile.in for configure from Makefile.am.
.SS "Operation modes:"
.TP
\fB\-\-help\fR
print this help, then exit
.TP
\fB\-\-version\fR
print version number, then exit
.TP
\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR
verbosely list files processed
.TP
\fB\-\-no\-force\fR
only update Makefile.in's that are out of date
.TP
\fB\-W\fR, \fB\-\-warnings\fR=\fICATEGORY\fR
report the warnings falling in CATEGORY
.SS "Dependency tracking:"
.TP
\fB\-i\fR, \fB\-\-ignore\-deps\fR
disable dependency tracking code
.TP
\fB\-\-include\-deps\fR
enable dependency tracking code
.SS "Flavors:"
.TP
\fB\-\-cygnus\fR
assume program is part of Cygnus\-style tree
.TP
\fB\-\-foreign\fR
set strictness to foreign
.TP
\fB\-\-gnits\fR
set strictness to gnits
.TP
\fB\-\-gnu\fR
set strictness to gnu
.SS "Library files:"
.TP
\fB\-a\fR, \fB\-\-add\-missing\fR
add missing standard files to package
.TP
\fB\-\-libdir\fR=\fIDIR\fR
directory storing library files
.TP
\fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-copy\fR
with \fB\-a\fR, copy missing files (default is symlink)
.TP
\fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-force\-missing\fR
force update of standard files
.SS "Warning categories include:"
.TP
`gnu'
GNU coding standards (default in gnu and gnits modes)
.TP
`obsolete'
obsolete features or constructions
.TP
`override'
user redefinitions of Automake rules or variables
.TP
`portability'
portability issues (default in gnu and gnits modes)
.TP
`extra\-portability'
extra portability issues related to obscure tools
.TP
`syntax'
dubious syntactic constructs (default)
.TP
`unsupported'
unsupported or incomplete features (default)
.TP
`all'
all the warnings
.TP
`no\-CATEGORY'
turn off warnings in CATEGORY
.TP
`none'
turn off all the warnings
.TP
`error'
treat warnings as errors
.SS "Files automatically distributed if found (always):"
.TP
ABOUT\-GNU
INSTALL             config.guess        ltcf\-gcj.sh
.TP
ABOUT\-NLS
NEWS                config.rpath        ltconfig
.TP
AUTHORS
README              config.sub          ltmain.sh
.TP
BACKLOG
THANKS              depcomp             mdate\-sh
.TP
COPYING
TODO                elisp\-comp          missing
.TP
COPYING.DOC
ansi2knr.1          install\-sh          mkinstalldirs
.TP
COPYING.LESSER
ansi2knr.c          libversion.in       py\-compile
.TP
COPYING.LIB
ar\-lib              ltcf\-c.sh           texinfo.tex
.TP
ChangeLog
compile             ltcf\-cxx.sh         ylwrap
.SS "Files automatically distributed if found (under certain conditions):"
.TP
acconfig.h
config.h.bot        configure           configure.in
.TP
aclocal.m4
config.h.top        configure.ac        stamp\-vti
.SH AUTHOR
Written by Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>
.IP
and Alexandre Duret\-Lutz <adl@gnu.org>.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report bugs to <bug\-automake@gnu.org>.
.br
GNU Automake home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/>.
.br
General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>.
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv2+: GNU GPL version 2 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl\-2.0.html>
.br
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
The full documentation for
.B automake
is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the
.B info
and
.B automake
programs are properly installed at your site, the command
.IP
.B info automake
.PP
should give you access to the complete manual.