AUTORECONF(1)

NAME
autoreconf - Update generated configuration files

SYNOPSIS
autoreconf [OPTION]... [DIRECTORY]...

DESCRIPTION
Run `autoconf' (and `autoheader', `aclocal', `automake', `autopoint' (formerly `gettextize'), `libtoolize', and `gnu-configize' where appropriate) repeatedly to remake the GNU Build System files in specified DIRECTORIES and their subdirectories (defaulting to `.').

By default, it only remakes those files that are older than their sources. If you install new versions of the GNU Build System, you can make `autoreconf' remake 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 all files obsolete

-i, --install
    copy missing auxiliary files

--no-recursive
    don't rebuild sub-packages

-s, --symlink
    with -i, install symbolic links instead of copies

-x, --exclude=STEPS
    steps we should not run

-m, --make
    when applicable, re-run ./configure && make

-W, --warnings=CATEGORY
    report the warnings falling in CATEGORY [syntax]

  Warning categories include:

`cross'
    cross compilation issues

`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)

`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

The environment variable `WARNINGS' is honored. Some subtools might support other warning types, using `all' is encouraged.

  Library directories:

-B, --prepend-include=DIR
    prepend directory DIR to search path

-I, --include=DIR
    append directory DIR to search path

The environment variables AUTOCONF, AUTOHEADER, AUTOMAKE, ACLOCAL, AUTOPOINT, LIBTOOLIZE, M4, and MAKE are honored.

AUTHOR
Written by David J. MacKenzie and Akim Demaille.

REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <bug-autoconf@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT
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.

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.