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NAME
       automake - manual page for automake 1.11

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              only update Makefile.in's that are out of date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

       `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 which are automatically distributed, if found:
       ABOUT-GNU
              README              config.rpath        ltcf-gcj.sh

       ABOUT-NLS
              THANKS              config.sub          ltconfig

       AUTHORS
              TODO                configure           ltmain.sh

       BACKLOG
              acconfig.h          configure.ac        mdate-sh

       COPYING
              aclocal.m4          configure.in        missing

       COPYING.DOC
              ansi2knr.1             depcomp                mkin-
              stalldirs

       COPYING.LESSER
              ansi2knr.c          elisp-comp          py-compile

       COPYING.LIB
              compile             install-sh          stamp-vti

       ChangeLog
              config.guess        libversion.in       texinfo.tex

       INSTALL
              config.h.bot        ltcf-c.sh           ylwrap

       NEWS   config.h.top        ltcf-cxx.sh

AUTHOR
       Written by Tom Tromey 

              and Alexandre Duret-Lutz .

REPORTING BUGS
       Report bugs to .

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.  License
       GPLv2+:     GNU     GPL     version     2     or     later
       
       This is free software: you are free to change  and  redis-
       tribute 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.



automake 1.11                May 2009                 AUTOMAKE(1)