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 2.52.20250126

AUTHOR

       Written by David J. MacKenzie and Akim Demaille.

REPORTING BUGS

       Report bugs to <dickey@invisible-island.net>.

COPYRIGHT

       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.

SEE ALSO

       autoconf(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.

GNU Autoconf 2.52.20250126                        January 2025                                     AUTOUPDATE(1)