AUTORECONF

autoreconf − Update generated configuration files

autoreconf [OPTION]... [DIRECTORY]...

Run ‘autoconf’ (and ‘autoheader’, ‘aclocal’, ‘automake’, ‘autopoint’ (formerly ‘gettextize’), and ‘libtoolize’ where appropriate) repeatedly to remake the GNU Build System files in specified DIRECTORIES and their subdirectories (defaulting to ‘.’).

By default, it only remakes those files that are older than their sources. If you install new versions of the GNU Build System, you can make ‘autoreconf’ remake all of the files by giving it the ‘−−force’ option.

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

−f, −−force

consider all files obsolete

−i, −−install

copy missing auxiliary files

−−no−recursive

don’t rebuild sub−packages

−s, −−symlink

with −i, install symbolic links instead of copies

−m, −−make

when applicable, re−run ./configure && make

−W, −−warnings=CATEGORY

report the warnings falling in CATEGORY [syntax]

Warning categories include:

‘cross’

cross compilation issues

‘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)

‘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

The environment variable ‘WARNINGS’ is honored. Some subtools might support other warning types, using ‘all’ is encouraged.

Library directories:

−B, −−prepend−include=DIR

prepend directory DIR to search path

−I, −−include=DIR

append directory DIR to search path

The environment variables AUTOCONF, AUTOHEADER, AUTOMAKE, ACLOCAL, AUTOPOINT, LIBTOOLIZE, M4, and MAKE are honored.

Written by David J. MacKenzie and Akim Demaille.

Report bugs to <bug−autoconf@gnu.org>.

Copyright © 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv2+: GNU GPL version 2 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/old-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.

autoconf(1), automake(1), autoreconf(1), autoupdate(1), autoheader(1), autoscan(1), config.guess(1), config.sub(1), ifnames(1), libtool(1).

The full documentation for autoreconf is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and autoreconf programs are properly installed at your site, the command

info autoreconf

should give you access to the complete manual.