ACLOCAL(1) User Commands ACLOCAL(1)

aclocal - Generate aclocal.m4 by scanning configure.ac

aclocal [OPTION]...

Generate 'aclocal.m4' by scanning 'configure.ac' or 'configure.in'

directory holding automake-provided m4 files
colon-separated list of directories to search for third-party local files
directory holding third-party system-wide files
run COMMAND [diff -u] on M4 files that would be changed (implies --install and --dry-run)
pretend to, but do not actually update any file
always update output file
print this help, then exit
add directory to search list for .m4 files
copy third-party files to the first -I directory
put output in FILE (default aclocal.m4)
print name of directory holding system-wide third-party m4 files, then exit
don't be silent
print version number, then exit
report the warnings falling in CATEGORY, defaults to $WARNINGS

cross compilation issues
GNU coding standards (default in gnu and gnits modes)
obsolete features or constructions (default)
user redefinitions of Automake rules or variables
portability issues (default in gnu and gnits modes)
portability-recursive
nested Make variables (default with -Wportability)
extra portability issues related to obscure tools
dubious syntactic constructs (default)
unsupported or incomplete features (default)

turn on all the warnings
turn off all the warnings
turn off warnings in CATEGORY
treat all enabled warnings as errors

Written by Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>

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

Report bugs to <bug-automake@gnu.org>.
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This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

The full documentation for aclocal is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and aclocal programs are properly installed at your site, the command

info automake

should give you access to the complete manual.

October 2024 GNU automake 1.17