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Re: Makefile change to restart bootstraps


On Nov 12, 2000, Mark Mitchell <mark@codesourcery.com> wrote:

> I agree.  I don't think restarting bootstraps is likely to work very
> often.

It is, as long as no source file has changed.  Actually, I've got very
fond of this feature; it helps on many of the platforms to which I've
got access.  I'd rather not see it dropped.

When I'm hunting I bug, I don't bootstrap all the time; I often just
`make' and check that the fix appears to work before going for a full
bootstrap.  If I had already bootstrapped that tree, I notice that
bootstrap completes immediately and remember to remove the stamp
files.

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