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NAME
       automake - Generate Makefile.in files for configure from Makefile.am

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	      only update Makefile.in's that are out of date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:
       --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
	      set directory storing library files

       --print-libdir
	      print directory storing library files

       -c, --copy
	      with -a, copy missing files (default is symlink)

       -f, --force-missing
	      force update of standard files

   Warning categories are:
       cross  cross compilation issues

       gnu    GNU coding standards (default in gnu and gnits modes)

       obsolete
	      obsolete features or constructions (default)

       override
	      user redefinitions of Automake rules or variables

       portability
	      portability issues (default in gnu and gnits modes)

       portability-recursive
	      nested Make variables (default with -Wportability)

       extra-portability
	      extra portability issues related to obscure tools

       syntax dubious syntactic constructs (default)

       unsupported
	      unsupported or incomplete features (default)

   -W also understands:
       all    turn on all the warnings

       none   turn off all the warnings

       no-CATEGORY
	      turn off warnings in CATEGORY

       error  treat all enabled warnings as errors

   Files automatically distributed if found (always):
       ABOUT-GNU
	      TODO		  install-sh	      mdate-sh

       ABOUT-NLS
	      ar-lib		  libversion.in	      missing

       BACKLOG
	      compile		  ltcf-c.sh	      mkinstalldirs

       COPYING
	      config.guess	  ltcf-cxx.sh	      py-compile

       COPYING.DOC
	      config.rpath	  ltcf-gcj.sh	      texinfo.tex

       COPYING.LESSER
	      config.sub	  ltconfig	      ylwrap

       COPYING.LIB
	      depcomp		  ltmain.sh

   Files automatically distributed if found (as .md if needed):
       AUTHORS[.md]
	      INSTALL[.md]	  README[.md]	      THANKS[.md]

       ChangeLog[.md]
	      NEWS[.md]

   Files automatically distributed if found (under certain conditions):
       README-alpha[.md]
	      config.h.bot	  configure	      configure.in

       acconfig.h
	      config.h.top	  configure.ac	      stamp-vti

	      aclocal.m4

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: <https://www.gnu.org/software/automake/>.
       General help using GNU software: <https://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>.

       Features: subsecond-mtime

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright © 2025 Free Software Foundation, Inc.	License GPLv2+: GNU
       GPL version 2 or later

	      <https://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.

GNU automake 1.18.1		   July 2025			   AUTOMAKE(1)