AUTOUPDATE

autoupdate − Update a configure.in to a newer Autoconf

autoupdate [OPTION]... [TEMPLATE-FILE]...

Update each TEMPLATE−FILE if given, or ‘configure.ac’ if present, or else ‘configure.in’, to the syntax of the current version of Autoconf. The original files are backed up.

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 all files obsolete

Library directories:

−B, −−prepend−include=DIR

prepend directory DIR to search path

−I, −−include=DIR

append directory DIR to search path

Written by David J. MacKenzie and Akim Demaille.

Report bugs to <bug−autoconf@gnu.org>.

Copyright © 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv2+: GNU GPL version 2 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/old-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.

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 autoupdate is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and autoupdate programs are properly installed at your site, the command

info autoupdate

should give you access to the complete manual.