> > I don't follow. If you're developing an optimizer, you need to do the > > bootstrap to test the optimizer no matter how it connects to the rest > > of the compiler. All you save is that you do a smaller link, but that > > time is measured in seconds on modern machines. > > No, you don't. All you need is an existing GCC binary installed > somewhere in your path that accepts -fplugin=mypass.so. All you compile > is your pass, you don't need to even build GCC.
No, I mean for *testing* you need to do a bootstrap. I'm not talking about the minimum actually needed to build.
