Name
autoconf
Synopsis
autoconf [options] [template_file]
Generate a configuration script from m4 macros defined in template_file, if given, or in a configure.ac or configure.in file in the current working directory. The generated script is almost invariably called configure.
Options
- -d, --debug
Don’t remove temporary files.
- -f, --force
Replace files generated previously by autoconf.
- -h, --help
Print help message, then exit.
- -i, --initialization
When tracing calls with the -t option, report calls made during initialization.
- -o file, --output=file
Save output to file.
- -t macro, --trace=macro
Report the list of calls to macro.
- -v, --verbose
Verbosely print information about the progress of autoconf.
- -B dir, --prepend-include=dir
Prepend directory dir to the search path.
- -I dir, --include=dir
Append directory dir to the search path.
- -V, --version
Print version number, then exit.
- -W category, --warnings=category
Print any warnings related to category. Accepted categories are:
- cross
Cross compilation.
- obsolete
Obsolete constructs.
- syntax
Questionable syntax.
- all
All warnings.
- no-category
Turn off warnings for category.
- none
Turn off all warnings.
- error
Treat warnings as errors.
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