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      automake - manual page for automake 1.9.6
      
      automake [OPTION] ... [Makefile]...

Contents

DESCRIPTION

      Generate Makefile.in for configure from Makefile.am.

Operation modes:

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             only update Makefile.in's that are out of date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

Dependency tracking:

      -i, --ignore-deps
             disable dependency tracking code
 
      --include-deps
             enable dependency tracking code

Flavors:

      --cygnus
             assume program is part of Cygnus-style tree
 
      --foreign
             set strictness to foreign
 
      --gnits
             set strictness to gnits
 
      --gnu  set strictness to gnu

Library files:

      -a, --add-missing
             add missing standard files to package
 
      --libdir=DIR
             directory storing library files
 
      -c, --copy
             with -a, copy missing files (default is symlink)
 
      -f, --force-missing
             force update of standard files

Warning categories include:

      `gnu'  GNU coding standards (default in gnu and gnits modes)
 
      `obsolete'
             obsolete features or constructions
 
      `override'
             user redefinitions of Automake rules or variables
 
      `portability'
             portability issues
 
      `syntax'
             dubious syntactic constructs (default)
 
      `unsupported'
             unsupported or incomplete features (default)
 
      `all'  all the warnings
 
      `no-CATEGORY'
             turn off warnings in CATEGORY
 
      `none' turn off all the warnings
 
      `error'
             treat warnings as errors

Files which are automatically distributed, if found:

      ABOUT-GNU
             README              config.rpath        ltcf-gcj.sh
 
      ABOUT-NLS
             THANKS              config.sub          ltconfig
 
      AUTHORS
             TODO                configure           ltmain.sh
 
      BACKLOG
             acconfig.h          configure.ac        mdate-sh
 
      COPYING
             aclocal.m4          configure.in        missing
 
      COPYING.DOC
             ansi2knr.1          depcomp             mkinstalldirs
 
      COPYING.LESSER
             ansi2knr.c          elisp-comp          py-compile
 
      COPYING.LIB
             compile             install-sh          stamp-vti
 
      ChangeLog
             config.guess        libversion.in       texinfo.tex
 
      INSTALL
             config.h.bot        ltcf-c.sh           ylwrap
 
      NEWS   config.h.top        ltcf-cxx.sh

REPORTING BUGS

      Report bugs to <bug-automake@gnu.org>.

RELATED

      The full documentation for automake is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the info  and  automake  programs  are
      properly installed at your site, the command
 
             info automake
 
      should give you access to the complete manual.

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