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aclocal - Generate aclocal.m4 by scanning configure.ac

Author

       Written by Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>

              and Alexandre Duret-Lutz <adl@gnu.org>.

Description

       Generate 'aclocal.m4' by scanning 'configure.ac' or 'configure.in'

Name

       aclocal - Generate aclocal.m4 by scanning configure.ac

Options

--automake-acdir=DIR
              directory holding automake-provided m4 files

       --aclocal-path=PATH
              colon-separated list of directories to search for third-party local files

       --system-acdir=DIR
              directory holding third-party system-wide files

       --diff[=COMMAND]
              run COMMAND [diff -u] on M4 files that would be changed (implies --install and --dry-run)

       --dry-run
              pretend to, but do not actually update any file

       --force
              always update output file

       --help print this help, then exit

       -I DIR add directory to search list for .m4 files

       --install
              copy third-party files to the first -I directory

       --output=FILE
              put output in FILE (default aclocal.m4)

       --print-ac-dir
              print name of directory holding system-wide third-party m4 files, then exit

       --verbose
              don't be silent

       --version
              print version number, then exit

       -W, --warnings=CATEGORY
              report the warnings falling in CATEGORY, defaults to $WARNINGS

   Warningcategoriesare:
       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)

   -Walsounderstands:
       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

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/>.

See Also

       The  full  documentation for aclocal is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the info and aclocal programs
       are properly installed at your site, the command

              infoautomake

       should give you access to the complete manual.

GNU automake 1.17                                 February 2025                                       ACLOCAL(1)

Synopsis

aclocal [OPTION]...

See Also