automake - Generate Makefile.in files for configure from Makefile.am

Author

       Written by Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>

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

Copyright

       Copyright © 2024 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.

Description

       Generate Makefile.in for configure from Makefile.am.

   Operationmodes:--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              only update Makefile.in's that are out of date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

   Dependencytracking:-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

   Libraryfiles:-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

   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

   Filesautomaticallydistributediffound(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

   Filesautomaticallydistributediffound(as.mdifneeded):
       AUTHORS[.md]
              INSTALL[.md]        README[.md]         THANKS[.md]

       ChangeLog[.md]
              NEWS[.md]

   Filesautomaticallydistributediffound(undercertainconditions):
       README-alpha[.md]
              config.h.bot        configure           configure.in

       acconfig.h
              config.h.top        configure.ac        stamp-vti

              aclocal.m4

Name

       automake - Generate Makefile.in files for configure from Makefile.am

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/>.

       Features: subsecond-mtime