NAME¶
autoupdate - Update a configure.in to a newer Autoconf
SYNOPSIS¶
autoupdate [
OPTION] ... [
TEMPLATE-FILE...]
DESCRIPTION¶
Update the TEMPLATE-FILE... if given, or `configure.ac' if present, or else
`configure.in', to the syntax of the current version of Autoconf. The original
files are backed up.
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
Library directories:¶
- -B, --prepend-include=DIR
- prepend directory DIR to search path
- -I, --include=DIR
- append directory DIR to search path
AUTHOR¶
Written by David J. MacKenzie and Akim Demaille.
REPORTING BUGS¶
Report bugs to <bug-autoconf@gnu.org>.
COPYRIGHT¶
Copyright © 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
SEE ALSO¶
autoconf(1),
automake(1),
autoreconf(1),
autoupdate(1),
autoheader(1),
autoscan(1),
config.guess(1),
config.sub(1),
ifnames(1),
libtool(1).
The Debian project regards the full documentation for
autoupdate to be
non-free, so it is not included in Debian. Nevertheless, the non-free
distribution that accompanies Debian includes the manual in its
autoconf-doc package. Otherwise, you may be able to access the Autoconf
manual online.