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Re: Do we want non-bootstrapping "make" back?
On Fri, Jan 05, 2007 at 09:23:56AM -0500, Richard Kenner wrote:
> > > Not much. I'm convinced it would be feasible, but definitely not easy,
> > > so I wanted to see how much interest there was - seems like some, but
> > > not a lot.
> >
> > Would this comprise retrofitting the support into the 4.2 branch?
>
> I don't think it's needed in the 4.2 branch since you can get the functionality
> with --disable-bootstrap (or whatever it's called). It's only in 4.3 that
> that option will be removed and hence the functionality otherwise lost.
>
> Or do I misunderstand?
We're not talking about that at all. I was only talking about whether
the decision was made at configure or make time.
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Daniel Jacobowitz
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