automake --version (return code: 0)
automake (GNU automake) 1.15
Copyright (C) 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv2+: GNU GPL version 2 or later <http://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.
Written by Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>
and Alexandre Duret-Lutz <adl@gnu.org>.
automake --help (return code: 0)
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--no-force only update Makefile.in's that are out of date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 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)
extra-portability extra portability issues related to obscure tools
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 automatically distributed if found (always):
ABOUT-GNU INSTALL config.rpath ltconfig
ABOUT-NLS NEWS config.sub ltmain.sh
AUTHORS README depcomp mdate-sh
BACKLOG THANKS 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.LIB config.guess ltcf-gcj.sh ylwrap
ChangeLog
Files automatically distributed if found (under certain conditions):
acconfig.h config.h.bot configure configure.in
aclocal.m4 config.h.top configure.ac stamp-vti
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