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AUTOUPDATE(1) User Commands AUTOUPDATE(1)

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:

print this help, then exit
print version number, then exit
verbosely report processing
don't remove temporary files
consider all files obsolete

Library directories:

prepend directory DIR to search path
append directory DIR to search path

AUTHOR

Written by David J. MacKenzie and Akim Demaille.

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to <bug-autoconf@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.

April 2012 GNU Autoconf 2.68b.25-19513