On 2016-09-06 13:40, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> From: Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
>> Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2016 10:21:15 -0700
>> Cc: 23529@debbugs.gnu.org
>>
>> My idea is pretty simple: just output the objects as a C file, then 
>> compile and link the file.
> 
> So we will be giving up the ability of end-users to re-dump their
> Emacs, unless they have a compiler/binutils installed that are
> compatible with the ones used to build the Emacs binary?

Does this feature exist? I keep seeing complaints about the fact that it was disabled:

    $ emacs -Q --batch --eval '(dump-emacs "a" "b")'
    Emacs can be dumped only once

Or am I misunderstanding your point?

Clément.