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NAME
       autoconf - Generate configuration scripts

SYNOPSIS
       autoconf-2.62 [OPTION] ... [TEMPLATE-FILE]

DESCRIPTION
       Generate a configuration script from a TEMPLATE-FILE if given, or `con-
       figure.ac' if present, or else `configure.in'.  Output is sent  to  the
       standard output if TEMPLATE-FILE is given, else into `configure'.

   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

       -o, --output=FILE
	      save output in FILE (stdout is the default)

       -W, --warnings=CATEGORY
	      report the warnings falling in CATEGORY [syntax]

   Warning categories include:
       `cross'
	      cross compilation issues

       `obsolete'
	      obsolete constructs

       `syntax'
	      dubious syntactic constructs

       `all'  all the warnings

       `no-CATEGORY'
	      turn off the warnings on CATEGORY

       `none' turn off all the warnings

       `error'
	      warnings are error

       The environment variables `M4' and `WARNINGS' are honored.

   Library directories:
       -B, --prepend-include=DIR
	      prepend directory DIR to search path

       -I, --include=DIR
	      append directory DIR to search path

   Tracing:
       -t, --trace=MACRO[:FORMAT]
	      report the list of calls to MACRO

       -i, --initialization
	      also trace Autoconf's initialization process

       In  tracing  mode, no configuration script is created.  FORMAT defaults
       to `$f:$l:$n:$%'; see `autom4te --help' for information about FORMAT.

AUTHOR
       Written by David J. MacKenzie and Akim Demaille.

REPORTING BUGS
       Report bugs to <bug-autoconf@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 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.

SEE ALSO
       autoconf-2.62(1),    automake-2.62(1),	 autoreconf-2.62(1),   autoup-
       date-2.62(1),	  autoheader-2.62(1),	   autoscan-2.62(1),	  con-
       fig.guess-2.62(1), config.sub-2.62(1), ifnames-2.62(1), libtool(1).

       The  full  documentation  for  autoconf-2.62 is maintained as a Texinfo
       manual.	If the info and autoconf-2.62 programs are properly  installed
       at your site, the command

	      info autoconf-2.62

       should give you access to the complete manual.



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