NAME

       automake - manual page for automake 1.11.6

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              only update Makefile.in's that are out of date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)

       `extra-portability'
              extra portability issues related to obscure tools

       `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 automatically distributed if found (always):
       ABOUT-GNU
              INSTALL             config.guess        ltcf-gcj.sh

       ABOUT-NLS
              NEWS                config.rpath        ltconfig

       AUTHORS
              README              config.sub          ltmain.sh

       BACKLOG
              THANKS              depcomp             mdate-sh

       COPYING
              TODO                elisp-comp          missing

       COPYING.DOC
              ansi2knr.1          install-sh          mkinstalldirs

       COPYING.LESSER
              ansi2knr.c          libversion.in       py-compile

       COPYING.LIB
              ar-lib              ltcf-c.sh           texinfo.tex

       ChangeLog
              compile             ltcf-cxx.sh         ylwrap

   Files automatically distributed if found (under certain conditions):
       acconfig.h
              config.h.bot        configure           configure.in

       aclocal.m4
              config.h.top        configure.ac        stamp-vti

AUTHOR

       Written by Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>

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

REPORTING BUGS

       Report bugs to <bug-automake@gnu.org>.
       GNU Automake home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/>.
       General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright  ©  2011  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.