aclocal(1) manual page for aclocal 1.11.6

SYNOPSIS

aclocal [OPTIONS] ...

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:

`syntax'
dubious syntactic constructs (default)
`unsupported'
unknown macros (default)
`all'
all the warnings (default)
`no-CATEGORY'
turn off warnings in CATEGORY
`none'
turn off all the warnings
`error'
treat warnings as errors

AUTHOR

Written by Tom Tromey <[email protected]>
and Alexandre Duret-Lutz <[email protected]>.

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to <[email protected]>.
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.