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Subject: [bug#33038] [PATCH 6/6] doc: Update Preparing to Use the Bootstrap
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Jan Nieuwenhuizen <janneke@gnu.org> skribis:

> * doc/guix.texi (Preparing to Use the Bootstrap Binaries): Mention
> bootstrap-mes alongside bootstrap-gcc.
> (Reducing the Set of Bootstrap Binaries): Mention the Reduced Binary Seed
> bootstrap, MesCC-Tools and Mes.

LGTM!

> +Our first major achievement is the replacement of of GCC, the GNU C Libr=
ary
> +and Binutils by MesCC-Tools (a simple hex linker and macro assembler) an=
d Mes
> +(a Scheme interpreter and a C99 compiler in Scheme).  Neither MesCC-Tool=
s nor
> +Mes can be fully bootstrapped yet and thus we inject them as binary seed=
s.  We
> +call this the Reduced Binary Seed bootstrap, as it has halved the size o=
f our
> +bootstrap binaries!  Also, it has eliminated the C compiler binary; i686=
-linux
> +and x86_64-linux GuixSD are now bootstrapped without any binary C compil=
er.

s/GuixSD/Guix packages/
Perhaps add an @pxref for Mes?

> +Work is ongoing to make MesCC-Tools and Mes fully bootstrappable and we =
are
> +also looking at any other bootstrap binaries.  Your help is welcome!

I still can=E2=80=99t believe this is a reality, awesome!!  :-)

Ludo=E2=80=99.