NAME
autoupdate - Update a configure.in to a newer Autoconf
SYNOPSIS
autoupdate [OPTION]... [TEMPLATE-FILE]...
DESCRIPTION
Update each TEMPLATE-FILE if given, or ’configure.ac’ if present, or else ’configure.in’, to the syntax of the current version of Autoconf. The original files are backed up.
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
Library
directories:
-B, --prepend-include=DIR
prepend directory DIR to search path
-I, --include=DIR
append directory DIR to search path
AUTHOR
Written by David J. MacKenzie and Akim Demaille.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to
<bug-autoconf [AT] gnu.org>.
GNU Autoconf home page:
<http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/>;.
General help using GNU software:
<http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>;.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright
© 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License
GPLv3+/Autoconf: GNU GPL version 3 or later
<http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>;,
<http://gnu.org/licenses/exceptions.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(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 autoupdate is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and autoupdate programs are properly installed at your site, the command
info autoupdate
should give you access to the complete manual.