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Re: Patch to INSTALL.CVS to clarify why `make bootstrap' sometimes fails
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David Kastrup |
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Re: Patch to INSTALL.CVS to clarify why `make bootstrap' sometimes fails. |
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Sun, 08 Jun 2008 00:22:16 +0200 |
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Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> writes:
>> From: David Kastrup <address@hidden>
>> Cc: Stefan Monnier <address@hidden>, address@hidden, address@hidden
>> Date: Sat, 07 Jun 2008 22:52:45 +0200
>>
>> Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> writes:
>>
>> >> From: Stefan Monnier <address@hidden>
>> >> Date: Sat, 07 Jun 2008 14:40:11 -0400
>> >> Cc: address@hidden
>> >>
>> >> `make bootstrap' should begin by doing a `maintainer-clean'.
>> >
>> > And then what does one do if a bootstrap fails half-way through, and
>> > one wants to continue it after fixing the problem?
>>
>> That's an expert operation with tripup potential.
>
> No, it isn't. Continuing from where the previous run with the same
> arguments left off is a normal Make operation.
bootstrap is not exactly a standard target, and we don't have a target
bootstrap-clean that would avoid having to call configure from scratch.
--
David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum
- Patch to INSTALL.CVS to clarify why `make bootstrap' sometimes fails., Alan Mackenzie, 2008/06/07
- Re: Patch to INSTALL.CVS to clarify why `make bootstrap' sometimes fails., Eli Zaretskii, 2008/06/07
- Re: Patch to INSTALL.CVS to clarify why `make bootstrap' sometimes fails., Stefan Monnier, 2008/06/07
- Re: Patch to INSTALL.CVS to clarify why `make bootstrap' sometimes fails., Miles Bader, 2008/06/07
- Re: Patch to INSTALL.CVS to clarify why `make bootstrap' sometimes fails., Glenn Morris, 2008/06/07
- Re: Patch to INSTALL.CVS to clarify why `make bootstrap' sometimes fails., Eli Zaretskii, 2008/06/07
- Re: Patch to INSTALL.CVS to clarify why `make bootstrap' sometimes fails., David Kastrup, 2008/06/07
- Re: Patch to INSTALL.CVS to clarify why `make bootstrap' sometimes fails., Eli Zaretskii, 2008/06/07
- Re: Patch to INSTALL.CVS to clarify why `make bootstrap' sometimes fails.,
David Kastrup <=
- Re: Patch to INSTALL.CVS to clarify why `make bootstrap' sometimes fails., Eli Zaretskii, 2008/06/08
- Re: Patch to INSTALL.CVS to clarify why `make bootstrap' sometimes fails., David Kastrup, 2008/06/08
- Re: Patch to INSTALL.CVS to clarify why `make bootstrap' sometimes fails., Eli Zaretskii, 2008/06/08
- Re: Patch to INSTALL.CVS to clarify why `make bootstrap' sometimes fails., David Kastrup, 2008/06/08
- Re: Patch to INSTALL.CVS to clarify why `make bootstrap' sometimes fails., Glenn Morris, 2008/06/08
- Re: Patch to INSTALL.CVS to clarify why `make bootstrap' sometimes fails., Eric Hanchrow, 2008/06/07
- Re: Patch to INSTALL.CVS to clarify why `make bootstrap' sometimes fails., Stefan Monnier, 2008/06/07
- Re: Patch to INSTALL.CVS to clarify why `make bootstrap' sometimes fails., Stephen J. Turnbull, 2008/06/08
- Re: Patch to INSTALL.CVS to clarify why `make bootstrap' sometimes fails., Richard M Stallman, 2008/06/08
- Re: Patch to INSTALL.CVS to clarify why `make bootstrap' sometimes fails., Stefan Monnier, 2008/06/07