autoconf

Generate configuration scripts to automatically configure software source code packages. More information: https://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf.

• Generate a configuration script from configure.ac (if present) or configure.in and save this script to configure:

autoconf

• Generate a configuration script from the specified template; output to stdout:

autoconf template-file

• Generate a configuration script from the specified template (even if the input file has not changed) and write the output to a file:

autoconf --force --output outfile template-file