automake-1

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NAME
       automake - manual page for automake 1.16.1

SYNOPSIS
       automake-1.16 [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              only update Makefile.in's that are out of date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:
       --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
              set directory storing library files

       --print-libdir
              print 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.rpath        ltconfig

       ABOUT-NLS
              NEWS                config.sub          ltmain.sh

       AUTHORS
              README              depcomp             mdate-sh

       BACKLOG
              THANKS              install-sh          missing

       COPYING
              TODO                libversion.in       mkinstalldirs

       COPYING.DOC
              ar-lib              ltcf-c.sh           py-compile

       COPYING.LESSER
              compile             ltcf-cxx.sh         texinfo.tex

       COPYING.LIB
              config.guess        ltcf-gcj.sh         ylwrap

              ChangeLog

   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: <https://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright  (C) 2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv2+: GNU
       GPL version 2 or later <https://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 1.16.1                  February 2020                     AUTOMAKE(1)