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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 |