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AUTOUPDATE(1)                                       User Commands                                       AUTOUPDATE(1)



NAME
       autoupdate - Update a configure.in to a newer Autoconf

SYNOPSIS
       autoupdate [OPTION]... [TEMPLATE-FILE]...

DESCRIPTION
       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

AUTHOR
       Written by David J. MacKenzie and Akim Demaille.

REPORTING BUGS
       Report bugs to <[email protected]>.
       GNU Autoconf home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/>.
       General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright © 2012 Free Software  Foundation,  Inc.   License  GPLv3+/Autoconf:  GNU  GPL  version  3  or  later
       <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>, <http://gnu.org/licenses/exceptions.html>
       This  is  free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.  There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent per‐
       mitted by law.

SEE ALSO
       autoconf(1), automake(1), autoreconf(1),  autoupdate(1),  autoheader(1),  autoscan(1),  config.guess(1),  con‐
       fig.sub(1), ifnames(1), libtool(1).

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

              info autoupdate