From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: removing .elc files for `make bootstrap' Date: 20 Apr 2004 06:29:54 +0900 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <87oepnac6l.fsf@tc-1-100.kawasaki.gol.ne.jp> References: <87d664nc1y.fsf@tc-1-100.kawasaki.gol.ne.jp> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1082409976 10084 80.91.224.253 (19 Apr 2004 21:26:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 21:26:16 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Mon Apr 19 23:26:08 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BFgHI-0001mH-00 for ; Mon, 19 Apr 2004 23:26:08 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BFgHI-0002nY-00 for ; Mon, 19 Apr 2004 23:26:08 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1BFgGq-000872-Rx for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Mon, 19 Apr 2004 17:25:40 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1BFgDk-0006vf-2D for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 19 Apr 2004 17:22:28 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1BFgDC-0006iR-8G for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 19 Apr 2004 17:22:25 -0400 Original-Received: from [80.91.224.249] (helo=main.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1BFgDB-0006i0-MH for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 19 Apr 2004 17:21:53 -0400 Original-Received: from list by main.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BFgDA-0007uE-00 for ; Mon, 19 Apr 2004 23:21:53 +0200 Original-Received: from yokohama2-61-203-152-136.ap.0038.net ([61.203.152.136]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 19 Apr 2004 23:21:52 +0200 Original-Received: from miles by yokohama2-61-203-152-136.ap.0038.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 19 Apr 2004 23:21:52 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-Lines: 24 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: yokohama2-61-203-152-136.ap.0038.net System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:21909 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:21909 Stefan Monnier writes: > > Any objection to me changing `make bootstrap' to remove all .elc files > > at the beginning? > > I need/want a bootstrap target that is "restartable". I'd love that too! > So we should distinguish between `maintainer-clean' which prepares for > a clean boostrap and `bootstrap' which just builds the files assuming that > the dependencies are correct (or that the files were removed by > maintainer-clean if the dependencies were not). Why not keep the current semantics for `bootstrap', and add `bootstrap-cont' or something to continue with a previous bootstrap? I'm not sure how important it is to maintain compatibility, but it seems like `make bootstrap' has become something of an idiom -- many people think of it as what you do when you want to double-check an emacs tree for buildability. -Miles -- My spirit felt washed. With blood. [Eli Shin, on "The Passion of the Christ"]