AUTORECONF(1)

NAME
autoreconf - Update generated configuration files

SYNOPSIS
autoreconf [OPTION] ... [TEMPLATE-FILE]

DESCRIPTION
Run `autoconf' (and `autoheader', `aclocal' and `automake', where appropriate) repeatedly to remake the Autoconf `configure' scripts and configuration header templates in the directory tree rooted at the current directory. By default, it only remakes those files that are older than their predecessors. If you install a new version of Autoconf, running `autoreconf' remakes 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 every files are obsolete

-i, --install
    copy missing auxiliary files

-s, --symlink
    instead of copying, install symbolic links

The option `--install' is similar to the option `--add-missing' in other tools.

  Library directories:

-A, --autoconf-dir=ACDIR
    Autoconf's macro files location (rarely needed)

-l, --localdir=DIR
    location of `aclocal.m4' and `acconfig.h'

-M, --m4dir=M4DIR
    this package's Autoconf extensions

Unless specified, heuristics try to compute `M4DIR' from the `Makefile.am', or defaults to `m4' if it exists.

  The following options are passed to `automake':

--cygnus
    assume program is part of Cygnus-style tree

--foreign
    set strictness to foreign

--gnits
    set strictness to gnits

--gnu
    set strictness to gnu

--include-deps
    include generated dependencies in Makefile.in

The environment variables AUTOCONF, AUTOHEADER, AUTOMAKE, and ACLOCAL are honored.

AUTHOR
Written by David J. MacKenzie.

Copyright 1994, 1999, 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

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

SEE ALSO
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.