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authorRichard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>2004-11-08 16:40:33 +0000
committerRichard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>2004-11-08 16:40:33 +0000
commit51769fccbc9b631c98cbfe4dd4b50437ee9da6d5 (patch)
treef6c2cc3d7769ac254412e4b78daa072b7f305135 /Makefile.in
parent997a1ae5fb3fe84a718e47481f8933def06b4304 (diff)
downloademacs-51769fccbc9b631c98cbfe4dd4b50437ee9da6d5.tar.gz
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diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index 8bc43d4ce80..c62c9e2b41f 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -51,6 +51,15 @@
#
# make extraclean
# Still more severe - delete backup and autosave files, too.
+#
+# make bootstrap-build
+# Recompiles changed Emacs Lisp files using the latest C source,
+# then rebuilds Emacs. This is faster than `make bootstrap'
+# but once in a while an old .elc file can cause trouble.
+#
+# make bootfast
+# Recompiles all the Emacs Lisp files using the latest source,
+# then rebuilds Emacs.
SHELL = /bin/sh
@@ -755,7 +764,8 @@ bootstrap-build: FRC
bootstrap-clean-before: bootstrap-clean-before-fast FRC
(cd lisp; $(MAKE) $(MFLAGS) bootstrap-clean)
-### Used for `bootstrap' to avoid deleting existing dumped Emacs executables.
+### Used for `bootfast' to avoid deleting existing dumped Emacs executables
+### and compiled .elc files.
bootstrap-clean-before-fast: FRC
(cd src; $(MAKE) $(MFLAGS) mostlyclean)
(cd oldXMenu; $(MAKE) $(MFLAGS) clean)