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3 General ideas
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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
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