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Re: what should bootstrap *really* do?
On Nov 14, 2000, DJ Delorie <dj@redhat.com> wrote:
>> I think we should just build the stages in their stage directories, but
>> whenever a new stage is started, make / change a symlink to point to
>> the new stage directory.
> An interesting side effect of this is that it would mark the last
> *successful* build if you did it right, which might not always be the
> last stage you tried to build.
I suppose we should arrange for this ``successful'' link/file to be
created only at the end of a `make all' or a `make bootstrap', not
after each stage is built.
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