-a

--add-missing
       Automake requires certain common files to exist in certain situations; for  instance  config.guess
       is required if configure.in runs AC_CANONICAL_HOST.  Automake is distributed with several of these
       files; this option will cause the missing ones to be automatically added to the package,  whenever
       possible.  In general if Automake tells you a file is missing, try using this option.

--amdir=DIR
       Look  for  Automake data files in directory DIR instead of in the installation directory.  This is
       typically used for debugging.

--build-dir=DIR
       Tell Automake where the build directory is.  This option is used when including dependencies  into
       a Makefile.in generated by make dist; it should not be used otherwise.

-c

--copy When  used  with  --add-missing,  causes  installed  files to be copied.  The default is to make a
       symbolic link.

--cygnus
       Causes the generated Makefile.ins to follow Cygnus rules, instead of GNU or Gnits rules.

--foreign
       Set the global strictness to foreign.

--gnits
       Set the global strictness to gnits.

--gnu  Set the global strictness to gnu.  This is the default strictness.

--help Print a summary of the command line options and exit.

-i

--include-deps
       Include all automatically generated dependency information in the generated Makefile.in.  This  is
       generally done when making a distribution.

--no-force
       Ordinarily  automake creates all Makefile.ins mentioned in configure.in.  This option causes it to
       only update those Makefile.ins which are out of date with respect to one of their dependents.

-o DIR

--output-dir=DIR
       Put the generated Makefile.in in the directory DIR.  Ordinarily each Makefile.in is created in the
       directory of the corresponding Makefile.am.  This option is used when making distributions.

--srcdir-name=DIR
       Tell  Automake the name of the source directory associated with the current build.  This option is
       used when including dependencies into a Makefile.in generated by makedist; it should not  be  used
       otherwise.

-v

--verbose
       Cause Automake to print information about which files are being read or created.

--version
       Print the version number of Automake and exit.