Re: bootstrap not regenerating some *loaddefs

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Glenn Morris <address@hidden>
> Cc: address@hidden,  address@hidden,  address@hidden,  address@hidden
> Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2008 13:46:28 -0400
> 
> Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> 
> >> finder-data and custom-deps should not depend on $(lisp)/loaddefs.el
> >> because it should not be necessary now, and because if they do it can
> >> cause a redumping of Emacs.
> >
> > Why is it ``not necessary''?  Don't these targets cause Emacs to read
> > all the *.el files anymore?
> 
> I went to the trouble of putting detailed comments and references in
> lisp/Makefile.in, please read them.

Please trust me that I did so before asking the question.  I simply
don't understand what you are saying there, perhaps because most of
that comment doesn't describe the present solution, but rather
different alternatives that were not taken.