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-rw-r--r--Makefile.in15
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diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index 0abe54fc887..e4e6e3434d6 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -620,3 +620,18 @@ info: force-info
(cd man; $(MAKE) $(MFLAGS) info)
dvi:
(cd man; $(MAKE) $(MFLAGS) dvi)
+
+#### Bootstrapping.
+
+### This is meant for Emacs maintainers only. It first cleans the
+### lisp subdirectory, removing all compiled Lisp files. Then a
+### special emacs executable is built from Lisp sources, which is then
+### used to compile Lisp files. The last step is a "normal" make.
+
+bootstrap: clean
+ (cd lisp; $(MAKE) $(MFLAGS) bootstrap-clean)
+ (cd src; $(MAKE) $(MFLAGS) bootstrap)
+ -(cd lisp; $(MAKE) $(MFLAGS) bootstrap EMACS=../src/bootstrap-emacs)
+ $(MAKE) $(MFLAGS) clean
+ $(MAKE) $(MFLAGS)
+