Date:	Sun, 14 Nov 1999 12:00:32 +0200 (IST)
From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To:	Laurynas Biveinis <lauras AT softhome DOT net>
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Subject:	Re: GCC porting questions
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On Sun, 14 Nov 1999, Laurynas Biveinis wrote:

> But this `special kind of GCC build called ``bootstrap''' is the one & only
> way to build gcc as described in docs, no matter are you using gcc as system's
> compiler, or any other compiler.

Sorry, I don't understand.  If that is the only way to build GCC, then 
how did we all build GCC without bootstrap being supported?

Last time I looked, bootstrap was not required unless you didn't have a 
working installation of GCC.  Perhaps they've changed the definitions.

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