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Re: [toplevel bootstrap PATCH] Add profiledbootstrap
- From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow at false dot org>
- To: Nathanael Nerode <neroden at twcny dot rr dot com>
- Cc: Paolo Bonzini <bonzini at gnu dot org>, gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2004 00:00:14 -0400
- Subject: Re: [toplevel bootstrap PATCH] Add profiledbootstrap
- References: <40BEEB10.6010903@gnu.org> <40C67425.4000001@twcny.rr.com>
On Tue, Jun 08, 2004 at 10:21:25PM -0400, Nathanael Nerode wrote:
> Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> >This patch adds toplevel profiledbootstrap.
> >
> >Since this makes stage1 have multiple descendants, I had to abandon
> >the prev/next scheme to link bootstrap-stages.
> >
> >Instead, I either specify dependancies separately or use double-colon
> >rules,
> The top level isn't allowed to use GNU make, IIRC -- aren't double-colon
> rules a GNU makeism? :-P Or are they portable?
>
> (And isn't this a nightmare? Thanks for your work.)
Even if they are a GNU makeism, the question is whether they'll cause
parse errors in other Make implementations - the bootstrap rules belong
to GCC.
The GNU make manual does not list them as an extension, so I assume
they are at least a little portable...
--
Daniel Jacobowitz