Re: master 3fd2b00a4b 2/2: ; * Makefile.in: Add "make bootstrap configure=default" as a first choice.

[Stefan Monnier]

> But why use the name "bootstrap" for something like that?
> "Bootstrap" implies that it's built from the ground up.

When compiling C files, with a pre-installed C compiler, you're not
bootstrapping anything.  Bootstrap comes into the picture when you need
to build something with the something you're building, and you thus need
to take extra steps to break the circular dependency (e.g. the use of
`ldefs-boot.el`, or the use of an ELisp interpreter to run the
not-yet-compiled code).

Without such circular dependency, Make rules can often express the real
dependencies precisely enough that you don't need a special Make target
to rebuild from scratch.


        Stefan