AUTOUPDATE(1)

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

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

DESCRIPTION
Update the 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

  Library directories:

-A, --autoconf-dir=ACDIR
    Autoconf's macro files location (rarely needed)

-l, --localdir=DIR
    location of `aclocal.m4'

  Environment variables:

M4  GNU M4 1.4 or above

AUTOCONF
    autoconf 2.50

AUTHOR
Written by David J. MacKenzie and Akim Demaille.

Copyright 1994, 1999, 2000, 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <bug-autoconf@gnu.org>.

SEE ALSO
autoconf(1), automake(1), autoreconf(1), autoupdate(1), autoheader(1), autoscan(1), config.guess(1), config.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

should give you access to the complete manual.