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NAME
       autoreconf - Update generated configuration files

SYNOPSIS
       autoreconf [OPTION] ... [TEMPLATE-FILE]

DESCRIPTION
       Run  `autoconf'	(and  `autoheader', `aclocal' and `automake', where appropriate) repeatedly to remake the Autoconf `configure' scripts and
       configuration header templates in the directory tree rooted at the current directory.  By default, it only remakes  those  files  that  are
       older  than  their  predecessors.  If you install a new version of Autoconf, 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 every files are obsolete

       -i, --install
	      copy missing auxiliary files

       -s, --symlink
	      instead of copying, install symbolic links

       The option `--install' is similar to the option `--add-missing' in other tools.

   Library directories:
       -A, --autoconf-dir=ACDIR
	      Autoconf's macro files location (rarely needed)

       -l, --localdir=DIR
	      location of `aclocal.m4' and `acconfig.h'

       -M, --m4dir=M4DIR
	      this package's Autoconf extensions

       Unless specified, heuristics try to compute `M4DIR' from the `Makefile.am', or defaults to `m4' if it exists.

   The following options are passed to `automake':
       --cygnus
	      assume program is part of Cygnus-style tree

       --foreign
	      set strictness to foreign

       --gnits
	      set strictness to gnits

       --gnu  set strictness to gnu

       --include-deps
	      include generated dependencies in Makefile.in

       The environment variables AUTOCONF, AUTOHEADER, AUTOMAKE, and ACLOCAL are honored.

AUTHOR
       Written by David J. MacKenzie.

REPORTING BUGS
       Report bugs to <dickey@invisible-island.net>.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright 1994, 1999, 2000 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 PARTICU-
       LAR PURPOSE.

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.

autoreconf 2.52.20101002					   October 2010 						     AUTORECONF(1)