Re: make bootstrap in separate build directory will overwrite loaddefs.el

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: address@hidden (David Kastrup)
> Date: 19 Feb 2002 08:48:01 +0100
> 
> The question would be whether an initial copy of loaddefs.el is
> necessary for make bootstrap in the first place.  If it isn't, the
> easy way out would be to remove it from CVS altogether.

It's a long-standing issue that didn't get resolved.

I don't think we want to force people to "make bootstrap" every time
they resync with the CVS.  Bootstrap is only required the first time
you check-out the whole tree.  Thereafter, "make recompile" in the
lisp directory should be enough in the absolute majority of cases.

> Since on my machine make bootstrap takes hours, I have not tested
> this right now.

The time it takes to bootstrap is one reason not to require it.