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.TH AUTOMAKE "1" "February 2010" "automake 1.11.1" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
automake \- GNU automake package
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B automake
[\fIOPTION\fR] ... [\fIMakefile\fR]...
.SH DESCRIPTION
Automake is a  a Makefile generator. It was inspired by the 4.4BSD make and include files, but aims to be portable and to conform to the GNU standards for Makefile variables and targets. Automake is a Perl script.  The input files are called Makefile.am.  The output files are called Makefile.in; they are intended for use with Autoconf.  Automake requires certain things to be done in your configure.in.
.PP
Generate Makefile.in for configure from Makefile.am.
.SS "Operation modes:"
.TP
\fB\-\-help\fR
print this help, then exit
.TP
\fB\-\-version\fR
print version number, then exit
.TP
\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR
verbosely list files processed
.TP
\fB\-\-no\-force\fR
only update Makefile.in's that are out of date
.TP
\fB\-W\fR, \fB\-\-warnings\fR=\fICATEGORY\fR
report the warnings falling in CATEGORY
.SS "Dependency tracking:"
.TP
\fB\-i\fR, \fB\-\-ignore\-deps\fR
disable dependency tracking code
.TP
\fB\-\-include\-deps\fR
enable dependency tracking code
.SS "Flavors:"
.TP
\fB\-\-cygnus\fR
assume program is part of Cygnus\-style tree
.TP
\fB\-\-foreign\fR
set strictness to foreign
.TP
\fB\-\-gnits\fR
set strictness to gnits
.TP
\fB\-\-gnu\fR
set strictness to gnu
.SS "Library files:"
.TP
\fB\-a\fR, \fB\-\-add\-missing\fR
add missing standard files to package
.TP
\fB\-\-libdir\fR=\fIDIR\fR
directory storing library files
.TP
\fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-copy\fR
with \fB\-a\fR, copy missing files (default is symlink)
.TP
\fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-force\-missing\fR
force update of standard files
.SS "Warning categories include:"
.TP
`gnu'
GNU coding standards (default in gnu and gnits modes)
.TP
`obsolete'
obsolete features or constructions
.TP
`override'
user redefinitions of Automake rules or variables
.TP
`portability'
portability issues (default in gnu and gnits modes)
.TP
`syntax'
dubious syntactic constructs (default)
.TP
`unsupported'
unsupported or incomplete features (default)
.TP
`all'
all the warnings
.TP
`no\-CATEGORY'
turn off warnings in CATEGORY
.TP
`none'
turn off all the warnings
.TP
`error'
treat warnings as errors
.SS "Files which are automatically distributed, if found:"
.TP
ABOUT\-GNU
README              config.rpath        ltcf\-gcj.sh
.TP
ABOUT\-NLS
THANKS              config.sub          ltconfig
.TP
AUTHORS
TODO                configure           ltmain.sh
.TP
BACKLOG
acconfig.h          configure.ac        mdate\-sh
.TP
COPYING
aclocal.m4          configure.in        missing
.TP
COPYING.DOC
ansi2knr.1          depcomp             mkinstalldirs
.TP
COPYING.LESSER
ansi2knr.c          elisp\-comp          py\-compile
.TP
COPYING.LIB
compile             install\-sh          stamp\-vti
.TP
ChangeLog
config.guess        libversion.in       texinfo.tex
.TP
INSTALL
config.h.bot        ltcf\-c.sh           ylwrap
.TP
NEWS
config.h.top        ltcf\-cxx.sh
.SH AUTHOR
Written by Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>
.IP
and Alexandre Duret\-Lutz <adl@gnu.org>.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report bugs to <bug\-automake@gnu.org>.
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv2+: GNU GPL version 2 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html>
.br
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
The full documentation for
.B automake
is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the
.B info
and
.B automake
programs are properly installed at your site, the command
.IP
.B info automake
.PP
should give you access to the complete manual.