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Update generated configuration files
Synopsis
autoreconf [OPTION]... [DIRECTORY]...
Description
Run 'autoconf' and, when needed, 'aclocal', 'autoheader', 'automake', 'autopoint' (formerly 'gettextize'), 'libtoolize', 'intltoolize', and 'gtkdocize' to regenerate the GNU Build System files in specified DIRECTORIES and their subdirectories (defaulting to '.').
By default, it only remakes those files that are older than their sources. If you install new versions of the GNU Build System, you can make 'autoreconf' remake all of the files by giving it the '--force' option.
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 generated and standard files obsolete
- -i, --install
copy missing standard auxiliary files
- --no-recursive
don't rebuild sub-packages
- -s, --symlink
with -i, install symbolic links instead of copies
- -m, --make
when applicable, re-run ./configure && make
- -W, --warnings=CATEGORY
report the warnings falling in CATEGORY (comma-separated list accepted)
Warning categories are
- 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)
-W also understands
- 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
Library directories
- -B, --prepend-include=DIR
prepend directory DIR to search path
- -I, --include=DIR
append directory DIR to search path
The environment variables AUTOCONF, ACLOCAL, AUTOHEADER, AUTOM4TE, AUTOMAKE, AUTOPOINT, GTKDOCIZE, INTLTOOLIZE, LIBTOOLIZE, M4, MAKE, and WARNINGS are honored.
Author
Written by David J. MacKenzie and Akim Demaille.
Reporting Bugs
Report bugs to bug-autoconf@gnu.org, or via Savannah: https://savannah.gnu.org/support/?group=autoconf.
Copyright
Copyright © 2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+/Autoconf: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>, <https://gnu.org/licenses/exceptions.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
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 full documentation for Autoconf is maintained as a Texinfo manual. To read the manual locally, use the command
info autoconf
You can also consult the Web version of the manual at https://gnu.org/software/autoconf/manual/.
Referenced By
autoconf(1), autoheader(1), autom4te(1), autoscan(1), autoupdate(1), dh_autoreconf(1), ifnames(1), mate-autogen(1), mk-configure(7), mm-common-prepare(1).