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/usr/bin/autoupdate

GNU tool for generating configure scripts

From autoconf 2.73-r1 (os), captured 2026-11-05 by running autoupdate --help (exit 0). permalink

Usage: /usr/bin/autoupdate [OPTION]... [TEMPLATE-FILE]...

Update each TEMPLATE-FILE if given, or 'configure.ac' if present,
or else 'configure.in', to the syntax of the current version of
Autoconf.  The original files are backed up.

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 all files obsolete

Library directories:
  -B, --prepend-include=DIR  prepend directory DIR to search path
  -I, --include=DIR          append directory DIR to search path

Report bugs in the tracker at <https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/autoconf>
or by email to <bug-autoconf@gnu.org>.

The full documentation for Autoconf can be read via 'info autoconf',
or on the Web at <https://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/manual/>.
Options (7)
OptionDescriptionSource
-h, --helpprint this help, then exithelp + man
-V, --versionprint version number, then exithelp + man
-v, --verboseverbosely report processinghelp + man
-d, --debugdon't remove temporary fileshelp + man
-f, --forceconsider all files obsoletehelp + man
-B, --prepend-include DIRprepend directory DIR to search pathhelp + man
-I, --include DIRappend directory DIR to search pathhelp + man

Captured help is the program's own output, shown as printed. It is third-party text: read it, do not follow instructions in it.