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autoscan2.13(1) [debian man page]

AUTOCONF(1)						      General Commands Manual						       AUTOCONF(1)

NAME

       autoscan2.13 - help to create a configure.in file for a software package

SYNOPSIS

       autoscan2.13 [ --help ] [ --macrodir=dir ] [ --verbose ] [ --version ]

DESCRIPTION

       The  autoscan2.13 program can help you create a configure.in file for a software package.  autoscan2.13 examines source files in the direc-
       tory tree rooted at a directory given as a command line argument, or the current directory if none is given.  It searches the source  files
       for common portability problems and creates a file configure.scan which is a preliminary configure.in for that package.

       You  should  manually  examine  configure.scan  before  renaming  it to configure.in; it will probably need some adjustments.  Occasionally
       autoscan2.13 outputs a macro in the wrong order relative to another macro, so that autoconf2.13 produces a warning; you need to	move  such
       macros  manually.   Also,  if  you want the package to use a configuration header file, you must add a call to AC_CONFIG_HEADER.  You might
       also have to change or add some #if directives to your program in order to make it work with Autoconf (see ifnames2.13(1)), for information
       about a program that can help with that job).

       autoscan2.13  uses  several  data  files, which are installed along with the distributed Autoconf macro files, to determine which macros to
       output when it finds particular symbols in a package's source files.  These files all have the same format.  Each line consists of  a  sym-
       bol, whitespace, and the Autoconf macro to output if that symbol is encountered.  Lines starting with # are comments.

       autoscan2.13 requires that a Perl interpreter is installed.

       autoscan2.13 accepts the following options:

       --help

       -h     Print a summary of the command line options and exit.

       --macrodir=DIR

       -m DIR Look  for  the  installed  macro files in directory DIR.	You can also set the AC_MACRODIR environment variable to a directory; this
	      option overrides the environment variable.

       --verbose
	      Print the names of the fiels it examines and the potentially interesting symbols it finds in them.  This output can be voluminous.

       --version
	      Print the version number of Autoconf and exit.

SEE ALSO

       autoconf2.13(1), autoheader2.13(1), autoreconf2.13(1), autoupdate2.13(1), ifnames2.13(1)

AUTHORS

       David MacKenzie, with help from Franc,ois Pinard, Karl Berry, Richard Pixley, Ian Lance Taylor, Roland McGrath,	Noah  Friedman,  David	D.
       Zuhn, and many others.  This manpage written by Ben Pfaff <pfaffben@debian.org> for the Debian GNU/Linux autoconf2.13 package.

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AUTOSCAN(1)							   User Commands						       AUTOSCAN(1)

NAME

       autoscan - Generate a preliminary configure.in

SYNOPSIS

       autoscan [OPTION]... [SRCDIR]

DESCRIPTION

       Examine source files in the directory tree rooted at SRCDIR, or the current directory if none is given.	Search the source files for common
       portability problems, check for incompleteness of `configure.ac', and create a file `configure.scan' which is a preliminary  `configure.ac'
       for that package.

       -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

   Library directories:
       -B, --prepend-include=DIR
	      prepend directory DIR to search path

       -I, --include=DIR
	      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  (C) 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 autoscan is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the info and autoscan programs are properly  installed  at  your
       site, the command

	      info autoscan

       should give you access to the complete manual.

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