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Re: Example of debugging GCC with toplevel bootstrap
> Remind me why it's a good idea to force me to mess with bootstrapping at
> all, when all I want is to build a copy of the compiler that I can use
> for debugging problems? There has to be an easier way to do that. My
> laptop builds stage1 reasonably fast, but a bootstrap takes several hours.
Glad to see that a GWP maintainer eventually speaks up. :-)
> This is a serious regression for me.
FWIW I personally think this toplevel bootstrap thing is a step backward, now
typing "make" triggers such a complex machinery that nobody seems to able to
understand what it does.
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Eric Botcazou