/usr/bin/automake

Usage: /usr/bin/automake [OPTION]... [Makefile]...

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      --no-force           only update Makefile.in's that are out of date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           COPYING.LIB         config.sub          ltmain.sh
  ABOUT-NLS           COPYINGv2           depcomp             mdate-sh
  BACKLOG             COPYINGv3           install-sh          missing
  COPYING             TODO                libversion.in       mkinstalldirs
  COPYING.DOC         ar-lib              ltcf-c.sh           py-compile
  COPYING.LESSER      compile             ltcf-cxx.sh         texinfo.tex
  COPYING.LESSERv2    config.guess        ltcf-gcj.sh         ylwrap
  COPYING.LESSERv3    config.rpath        ltconfig

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

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