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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 tem-
       plates in the directory tree rooted at the current  direc-
       tory.   By  default,  it only remakes those files that are
       older than their predecessors.  If you install a new  ver-
       sion  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  condi-
       tions.  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),    con-
       fig.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.



GNU Autoconf 2.52           July 2001               AUTORECONF(1)