NAME

       autoconf - Generate configuration scripts

SYNOPSIS

       autoconf [OPTION] ... [TEMPLATE-FILE]

DESCRIPTION

       Generate  a  configuration  script  from  a TEMPLATE-FILE if given, or `configure.ac' if present, or else
       `configure.in'.  Output is sent to the standard output if TEMPLATE-FILE is given, else into `configure'.

   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

       -o, --output=FILE
              save output in FILE (stdout is the default)

       -W, --warnings=CATEGORY
              report the warnings falling in CATEGORY [syntax]

OPTIONS

       -opt-functions
              use shell-functions to reduce repetition

   Warning categories include:
       `cross'
              cross compilation issues

       `obsolete'
              obsolete constructs

       `syntax'
              dubious syntactic constructs

       `all'  all the warnings

       `no-CATEGORY'
              turn off the warnings on CATEGORY

       `none' turn off all the warnings

       `error'
              warnings are error

       The environment variable `WARNINGS' is honored.

   Library directories:
       -A, --autoconf-dir=ACDIR
              Autoconf's macro files location (rarely needed)

       -l, --localdir=DIR
              location of the `aclocal.m4' file

   Tracing:
       -t, --trace=MACRO
              report the list of calls to MACRO

       -i, --initialization
              also trace Autoconf's initialization process

       In tracing mode, no configuration script is created.

AUTHOR

       Written by David J. MacKenzie.

REPORTING BUGS

       Report bugs to <dickey@invisible-island.net>.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright 2003-2022,2023        Thomas E. Dickey
       Copyright 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       This is free software; see the source for copying  conditions.   There  is  NO  warranty;  not  even  for
       MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO

       autoconf(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.  If the info and autoconf programs
       are properly installed at your site, the command

              info autoconf

       should give you access to the complete manual.

GNU Autoconf 2.52.20231210                        December 2023                                      AUTOCONF(1)