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AUTOCONF(1)						      General Commands Manual						       AUTOCONF(1)

NAME

       wrapper - Wrapper for distinguishing Autoconf 2.13 and 2.50

SYNOPSIS

       autoconf [ options ]
       autoheader [ options ]
       autoreconf [ options ]

DESCRIPTION

       Autoconf  is an automatic configure script builder with two major version series: 2.13 and earlier, 2.50 and later.  Versions within either
       series are largely compatible, but the two series are largely incompatible.  When both versions are installed, as they are on  your  system
       (given that you're reading this manpage), Debian selects between the two versions simultaneously.  This manpage documents how the automatic
       selection works.  If you are actually looking for the documentation for either version of Autoconf, then refer  to  the	SEE  ALSO  section
       below.

       Automatic  version  selection  works  via  a  wrapper script installed under the names autoconf, autoheader, and autoreconf.  Each of these
       attempts to detect which Autoconf is needed and run the correct version of the tool.

       There are no wrappers for autoupdate, autoscan, or ifnames.  These are not used during a package build.	Choose the proper version by hand.

       The following heuristics are used to choose an Autoconf version:

       *      If file configure.ac exists, Autoconf 2.50 is used.  Autoconf 2.13 used the name configure.in instead,  but  version  2.50  supports
	      both.

	      (Usually	autoconf  is run without nonoption arguments.  If a filename is supplied on the command line, then version 2.50 is used if
	      the filename ends in .ac.)

       *      Otherwise, configure.in (or the file specified on the command line, if any) is read.  It is checked for the presence of an AC_PREREQ
	      directive.  If it specifies a minimum version higher than 2.13, Autoconf 2.50 is used.  aclocal.m4, if present, is also scanned.

       *      Otherwise, Autoconf 2.13 is used.

       To  force  Autoconf 2.13 to be used, name the Autoconf input file configure.in and omit the use of AC_PREREQ() or specify a minimum version
       of 2.13 or earlier.  To force Autoconf 2.50 to be used, name the input file configure.ac or use AC_PREREQ(2.50).

       I recommend not calling the programs autoconf2.13 or autoconf2.50, etc., directly, instead of through the wrappers.  When  used	with  pro-
       grams like Automake, these direct calls won't propagate through into the Makefile, so later re-autoconf'ings won't use the correct version.
       It's better to use one of the methods explained above to force a particular version.

SEE ALSO

       autoconf2.13(1), autoheader2.13(1), autoreconf2.13(1), autoconf2.50(1), autoheader2.50(1),  autoreconf2.50(1),  and  the  Autoconf  manuals
       autoconf and autoconf2.13.

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.

								 Autoconf Wrapper						       AUTOCONF(1)

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AUTOCONF(1)						      General Commands Manual						       AUTOCONF(1)

NAME

       autoconf2.13 - creates scripts to configure source code packages using templates

SYNOPSIS

       autoconf2.13 [ --help | -h ] [ --localdir=dir | -l dir ] [ --macrodir=dir | -m dir ] [ --version ]

DESCRIPTION

       To  create  configure  from  configure.in, run the autoconf2.13 program with no arguments.  autoconf2.13 processes configure.in with the m4
       macro processor, using the Autoconf macros.  If you give autoconf2.13 an argument, it reads that file instead of  configure.in  and  writes
       the  configuration  script  to the standard output instead of to configure.  If you give autoconf2.13 the argument -, it reads the standard
       input instead of configure.in and writes the configuration script on the standard output.

       The Autoconf macros are defined in several files.  Some of the files are distributed with Autoconf; autoconf2.13 reads them first.  Then it
       looks  for the optional file acsite.m4 in the directory that contains the distributed Autoconf macro files, and for the optional file aclo-
       cal.m4 in the current directory.  Those files can contain your site's or the package's own Autoconf  macro  definitions.   If  a  macro	is
       defined in more than one of the files that autoconf2.13 reads, the last definition it reads overrides the earlier ones.

       autoconf2.13 accepts the following options:

       --help

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

       --localdir=DIR

       -l DIR Look for the package file aclocal.m4 in directory DIR instead of in the current directory.

       --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.

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

SEE ALSO

       autoheader2.13(1), autoreconf2.13(1), autoscan2.13(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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