NAME

aclocal - manual page for aclocal 1.16.5

SYNOPSIS

aclocal [OPTION]...

DESCRIPTION

Generate 'aclocal.m4' by scanning 'configure.ac' or 'configure.in'

OPTIONS

--automake-acdir=DIR: directory holding automake-provided m4 files
--system-acdir=DIR: directory holding third-party system-wide files
--diff[=COMMAND]: run COMMAND [diff -u] on M4 files that would be changed (implies --install and --dry-run)
--dry-run: pretend to, but do not actually update any file
--force: always update output file
--help: print this help, then exit
-I DIR: add directory to search list for .m4 files
--install: copy third-party files to the first -I directory
--output=FILE: put output in FILE (default aclocal.m4)
--print-ac-dir: print name of directory holding system-wide third-party m4 files, then exit
--verbose: don't be silent
--version: print version number, then exit
-W, --warnings=CATEGORY: report the warnings falling in CATEGORY

Warning categories include:

cross: cross compilation issues
gnu: GNU coding standards (default in gnu and gnits modes)
obsolete: obsolete features or constructions (default)
override: user redefinitions of Automake rules or variables
portability: portability issues (default in gnu and gnits modes)
portability-recursive: nested Make variables (default with -Wportability)
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

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: https://www.gnu.org/software/automake/.
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COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2021 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.