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The following sections cover a few basic ideas that will help you understand how Automake works.
| • General Operation | General operation of Automake | |
| • Strictness | Standards conformance checking | |
| • Uniform | The Uniform Naming Scheme | |
| • Length Limitations | Staying below the command line length limit | |
| • Canonicalization | How derived variables are named | |
| • User Variables | Variables reserved for the user | |
| • Auxiliary Programs | Programs automake might require |