NAME¶
aclocal - automatically generate aclocal.m4 from configure.in
SYNOPSIS¶
aclocal [
--acdir=DIR ] [
--help ] [
-I DIR ] [
--output=FILE ] [
--verbose ] [
--version ]
DESCRIPTION¶
Automake includes a number of Autoconf macros which can be used in your package;
some of them are actually required by Automake in certain situations. These
macros must be defined in your
aclocal.m4; otherwise they will not be
seen by
autoconf.
The
aclocal program will automatically generate
aclocal.m4 files
based on the contents of
configure.in. This provides a convenient way
to get Automake-provided macros, without having to search around. Also, the
aclocal mechanism is extensible for use by other packages.
At startup,
aclocal scans all the
.m4 files it can find, looking
for macro definitions. Then it scans
configure.in. Any mention of one
of the macros found in the first step causes that macro, and any macros it in
turn requires, to be put into
aclocal.m4.
The contents of
acinclude.m4, if it exists, are also automatically
included in
aclocal.m4. This is useful for incorporating local macros
into
configure.
aclocal accepts the following options:
- --acdir=DIR
- Look for the macro files in DIR instead of the installation
directory. This is typically used for debugging.
- --help
- Print a summary of the command line options and exit.
- -I DIR
- Add the directory DIR to the list of directories searched
for .m4 files.
- --output=FILE
- Cause the output to be put into FILE instead of
aclocal.m4.
- --verbose
- Print the names of the files it examines.
- --version
- Print the version number of Automake and exit.
SEE ALSO¶
automake(1), and the Texinfo documentation for automake
AUTHORS¶
Automake was written primarily by David Mackenzie and Tom Tromey. This manpage
written by Ben Pfaff <pfaffben@pilot.msu.edu> for the Debian GNU/Linux
automake package.