AUTOMAKE(1)

NAME
automake - Generate Makefile.in files for configure from Makefile.am

SYNOPSIS
automake [OPTION]... [Makefile]...

DESCRIPTION
Generate Makefile.in for configure from Makefile.am.

  Operation modes:

--help
    print this help, then exit

--version
    print version number, then exit

-v, --verbose
    verbosely list files processed

--no-force
    only update Makefile.in's that are out of date

-W, --warnings=CATEGORY
    report the warnings falling in CATEGORY

  Dependency tracking:

-i, --ignore-deps
    disable dependency tracking code

--include-deps
    enable dependency tracking code

  Flavors:

--foreign
    set strictness to foreign

--gnits
    set strictness to gnits

--gnu
    set strictness to gnu

  Library files:

-a, --add-missing
    add missing standard files to package

--libdir=DIR
    set directory storing library files

--print-libdir
    print directory storing library files

-c, --copy
    with -a, copy missing files (default is symlink)

-f, --force-missing
    force update of standard files

  Warning categories are:

cross
    cross compilation issues

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

obsolete
    obsolete features or constructions (default)

override
    user redefinitions of Automake rules or variables

portability
    portability issues (default in gnu and gnits modes)

portability-recursive
    nested Make variables (default with -Wportability)

extra-portability
    extra portability issues related to obscure tools

syntax
    dubious syntactic constructs (default)

unsupported
    unsupported or incomplete features (default)

  -W also understands:

all turn on all the warnings

none
    turn off all the warnings

no-CATEGORY
    turn off warnings in CATEGORY

error
    treat all enabled warnings as errors

  Files automatically distributed if found (always):

ABOUT-GNU
    TODO install-sh mdate-sh

ABOUT-NLS
    ar-lib libversion.in missing

BACKLOG
    compile ltcf-c.sh mkinstalldirs

COPYING
    config.guess ltcf-cxx.sh py-compile

COPYING.DOC
    config.rpath ltcf-gcj.sh texinfo.tex

COPYING.LESSER
    config.sub ltconfig ylwrap

COPYING.LIB
    depcomp ltmain.sh

  Files automatically distributed if found (as .md if needed):

AUTHORS[.md]
    INSTALL[.md] README[.md] THANKS[.md]

ChangeLog[.md]
    NEWS[.md]

  Files automatically distributed if found (under certain conditions):

README-alpha[.md]
    config.h.bot configure configure.in

acconfig.h
    config.h.top configure.ac stamp-vti

    aclocal.m4

AUTHOR
Written by Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>

    and Alexandre Duret-Lutz <adl@gnu.org>.

REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <bug-automake@gnu.org>.
GNU Automake home page: <https://www.gnu.org/software/automake/>.
General help using GNU software: <https://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>.

Features: subsecond-mtime

COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2025 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv2+: GNU GPL version 2 or later

    <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.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
The full documentation for automake is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and automake programs are properly installed at your site, the command

    info automake

should give you access to the complete manual.