Re: [PATCH] make-dist fixes and clean-ups

[Stefan Monnier]

> I need to make make-dist work on an non-bootstrapped tree.  We, at Debian,
> don't include .elc files in the tarball and generate packages from
> the bootstrap, for practical reasons.

But even if you don't include the elc files, you do distribute the Emacs
executable.  This executable includes copies of the predumped elc files
and is able to rebuild the other elc files without bootstrapping.

> If you remove ldefs-boot.el, make bootstrap fails.

Use `cd lisp; make (re)compile'.


        Stefan