Operation Controls (Bash Reference Manual)

10.7 Operation Controls

configure recognizes the following options to control how it operates.--cache-file=file

Use and save the results of the tests in file instead of ./config.cache. Set file to /dev/null to disable caching, for debugging configure.--help

Print a summary of the options to configure, and exit.--quiet--silent-q

Do not print messages saying which checks are being made.--srcdir=dir

Look for the Bash source code in directory dir. Usually configure can determine that directory automatically.--version

Print the version of Autoconf used to generate the configure script, and exit.

configure also accepts some other, not widely used, boilerplate options. ‘configure --help’ prints the complete list.