From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Hans-Peter Nilsson <hans-peter.nilsson@axis.com>
To: dj@redhat.com
Cc: hans-peter.nilsson@axis.com, gcc@gcc.gnu.org
Subject: Re: what should bootstrap *really* do?
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 09:27:00 -0000
Message-id: <200011141725.SAA32180@ignucius.axis.se>
References: <200011141634.LAA29203@greed.delorie.com>
X-SW-Source: 2000-11/msg00636.html

> Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 11:34:35 -0500
> From: DJ Delorie <dj@redhat.com>

> > Then why not have a *new* target with the *new* (restart-in-middle)
> > functionality instead of changing the "bootstrap" target?  The name
> > "bootstrap-restart" comes to mind. :-)
> 
> Hence, my original question.  The original bootstrap really only
> worked if the build area was clean and the bootstrap completed.

Oh.  So there was a bug that caused people to (reasonably) think
that the intent of bootstrap was to be able to
restart-in-middle, and at the same time the intent for most of
the developer crowd(?) was not articulated through comments,
documentation or otherwise?

brgds, H-P