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Re: what should bootstrap *really* do?

On Nov 14, 2000, Hans-Peter Nilsson <hans-peter.nilsson@axis.com> wrote:

>> From: Alexandre Oliva <aoliva@redhat.com>
>> Date: 14 Nov 2000 15:54:01 -0200

>> On Nov 14, 2000, kenner@vlsi1.ultra.nyu.edu (Richard Kenner) wrote:
>> 
>> >   [No, I (H-P) wrote this, don't blame Kenner for it:]
>> >     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. :-)
>> 
>> > That's my current thinking as well.
>> 
>> My expectation from `bootstrap-restart' is that it would start
>> bootstrap from stratch, not proceed from where it stopped last time.

> Ok, bad name.  Not a native speaker and so on.
> Perhaps bootstrap-continue?

I already find it bad enough that the default rule is not the one we
recommend for users.  IMHO, adding more complexity to that is a bad
idea.  I'd rather keep `bootstrap' simple for end users (i.e., have it
proceed from the point in which it stopped, for whatever reason) and
create alternate rules for developers.

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