NAME

       automake - manual page for automake 1.11.6

SYNOPSIS

       automake [OPTION] ... [Makefile]...

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              only update Makefile.in's that are out of date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 (default in gnu and gnits modes)

       `extra-portability'
              extra portability issues related to obscure tools

       `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 automatically distributed if found (always):
       ABOUT-GNU
              INSTALL             config.guess        ltcf-gcj.sh

       ABOUT-NLS
              NEWS                config.rpath        ltconfig

       AUTHORS
              README              config.sub          ltmain.sh

       BACKLOG
              THANKS              depcomp             mdate-sh

       COPYING
              TODO                elisp-comp          missing

       COPYING.DOC
              ansi2knr.1          install-sh          mkinstalldirs

       COPYING.LESSER
              ansi2knr.c          libversion.in       py-compile

       COPYING.LIB
              ar-lib              ltcf-c.sh           texinfo.tex

       ChangeLog
              compile             ltcf-cxx.sh         ylwrap

   Files automatically distributed if found (under certain conditions):
       acconfig.h
              config.h.bot        configure           configure.in

       aclocal.m4
              config.h.top        configure.ac        stamp-vti

AUTHOR

       Written by Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>

              and Alexandre Duret-Lutz <adl@gnu.org>.

REPORTING BUGS

       Report bugs to <bug-automake@gnu.org>.
       GNU Automake home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/>.
       General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright  ©  2011  Free  Software  Foundation,  Inc.   License  GPLv2+:  GNU  GPL  version  2  or  later
       <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.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

       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.

automake 1.11.6                                     July 2012                                        AUTOMAKE(1)