AUTORECONF(1)

NAME
autoreconf - Update generated configuration files

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

DESCRIPTION
Run `autoconf' and `autoheader' 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 environment variables AUTOCONF and AUTOHEADER 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 PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO
autoconf(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.