AUTOUPDATE

NAME

autoupdate - Update a configure.in to a newer Autoconf

SYNOPSIS

autoupdate [OPTION] ... [TEMPLATE-FILE...]

DESCRIPTION

Update the 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@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of the GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. 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.