what should bootstrap *really* do?

[Hans-Peter Nilsson]

> From: Alexandre Oliva <aoliva@redhat.com>
> Date: 14 Nov 2000 15:54:01 -0200

> On Nov 14, 2000, kenner@vlsi1.ultra.nyu.edu (Richard Kenner) wrote:
> 
> >   [No, I (H-P) wrote this, don't blame Kenner for it:]
> >     Then why not have a *new* target with the *new* (restart-in-middle)
> >     functionality instead of changing the "bootstrap" target?  The name
> >     "bootstrap-restart" comes to mind. :-)
> 
> > That's my current thinking as well.
> 
> My expectation from `bootstrap-restart' is that it would start
> bootstrap from stratch, not proceed from where it stopped last time.

Ok, bad name.  Not a native speaker and so on.
Perhaps bootstrap-continue?

brgds, H-P