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NAME

       automake - manual page for automake 1.11.1

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	      only update Makefile.in's that are out of date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:
       --cygnus
	      assume program is part of Cygnus-style tree

       --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
	      directory storing library files

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

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

   Warning categories include:
       `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

   Files which are automatically distributed, if found:
       ABOUT-GNU
	      README		  config.rpath	      ltcf-gcj.sh

       ABOUT-NLS
	      THANKS		  config.sub	      ltconfig

       AUTHORS
	      TODO		  configure	      ltmain.sh

       BACKLOG
	      acconfig.h	  configure.ac	      mdate-sh

       COPYING
	      aclocal.m4	  configure.in	      missing

       COPYING.DOC
	      ansi2knr.1	  depcomp	      mkinstalldirs

       COPYING.LESSER
	      ansi2knr.c	  elisp-comp	      py-compile

       COPYING.LIB
	      compile		  install-sh	      stamp-vti

       ChangeLog
	      config.guess	  libversion.in       texinfo.tex

       INSTALL
	      config.h.bot	  ltcf-c.sh	      ylwrap

       NEWS   config.h.top	  ltcf-cxx.sh

AUTHOR

       Written by Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>

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

REPORTING BUGS

       Report bugs to <bug-automake@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv2+: GNU GPL version 2 or later <http://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.

automake 1.11.1 						   December 2009						       AUTOMAKE(1)