| Option Name | Description |
|
| -help | Print help message and then exit |
| -config-only | Do all steps up to and including configuration |
| -force | Don't stop make on errors |
| -install | Perform the installation step. |
| -no-stow | Don't use stow's installation paradigm. |
| -mail[=ADDR] | Mail know warning messages and known error messages. If ADDR is specified it
is used, else the mail is sent to the invoking user. |
| -parallel[=NUM] | Make use of parallel make. If NUM is specified, then only spawn NUM subprocesses,
else spawn as many as possible. |
| -tmpdir[=DIR] | Specify the location of temporary files. The default value is the current directory. |
| -distcheck | This option causes the build process to verify the integrity of the build
process by first creating a tarball and then running configure, make and make
check using the files from the tarball. NOTE: This option will not work if
used on a tarball distribution since the tarball distribution cannot make a
tarball of itself. It is best to run make check by hand in the buid directory
of a tarball distribution to verify the build at the unit level. |
| -warn-unsupported-compiler | This option allows the user to try compiling with a compiler that has not
been certified. It changes the error level of unsupported compiler from fail
to warning. If this option is used with a supported compiler, no message is
generated. |