AUTORECONF(1)

NAME
autoreconf - Update generated configuration files

SYNOPSIS
autoreconf [OPTION] ... [CONFIGURE-AC or DIRECTORY] ...

DESCRIPTION
Run `autoconf' (and `autoheader', `aclocal', `automake', `autopoint' (formerly `gettextize'), and `libtoolize' where appropriate) repeatedly to remake the GNU Build System files in the DIRECTORIES or the directory trees driven by CONFIGURE-AC (defaulting to `.').

By default, it only remakes those files that are older than their predecessors. If you install new versions of the GNU Build System, 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 all files obsolete

-i, --install
    copy missing auxiliary files

-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

`obsolete'
    obsolete constructs

`portability'
    portability issues

`syntax'
    dubious syntactic constructs

`all'
    all the warnings

`no-CATEGORY'
    turn off the warnings on CATEGORY

`none'
    turn off all the warnings

`error'
    warnings are error

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 are honored.

AUTHOR
Written by David J. MacKenzie and Akim Demaille.

Copyright 2002 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.