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NAME
       autoreconf - Update generated configuration files

SYNOPSIS
       autoreconf [OPTION] ... [DIRECTORY] ...

DESCRIPTION
       Run  `autoconf'  (and  `autoheader',  `aclocal', `automake', `autopoint' (formerly `gettextize'), and
       `glibtoolize' where appropriate) repeatedly to remake the GNU Build System files in specified  DIREC-TORIES DIRECTORIES
       TORIES and their subdirectories (defaulting to `.').

       By  default,  it only remakes those files that are older than their sources.  If you install new ver-sions versions
       sions of the GNU Build System, you can make `autoreconf' remake 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 all files obsolete

       -i, --install
              copy missing auxiliary files

       --no-recursive
              don't rebuild sub-packages

       -s, --symlink
              with -i, install symbolic links instead of copies

       -m, --make
              when applicable, re-run ./configure && make

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

   Warning categories include:
       `cross'
              cross compilation issues

       `gnu'  GNU coding standards (default in gnu and gnits modes)

       `obsolete'
              obsolete features or constructions

       `override'
              user redefinitions of Automake rules or variables

       `portability'
              portability issues (default in gnu and gnits modes)

       `syntax'
              dubious syntactic constructs (default)

       `unsupported'
              unsupported or incomplete features (default)

       `all'  all the warnings

       `no-CATEGORY'
              turn off warnings in CATEGORY

       `none' turn off all the warnings

       `error'
              treat warnings as errors

       The  environment  variable  `WARNINGS'  is honored.  Some subtools might support other warning types,
       using `all' is encouraged.

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

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

       The environment variables AUTOCONF, AUTOHEADER, AUTOMAKE, ACLOCAL, AUTOPOINT, LIBTOOLIZE, M4 are hon-ored. honored.
       ored.

AUTHOR
       Written by David J. MacKenzie and Akim Demaille.

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

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 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), glibtool(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.



autoreconf 2.61                                 November 2006                                  AUTORECONF(1)