(COMPILE_FIRST): New macro.

(compile-files): Compile files from COMPILE_FIRST first.

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/Makefile b/lisp/Makefile
index 98509cfc650..b51efe9155c 100644
--- a/lisp/Makefile
+++ b/lisp/Makefile
@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@ DONTCOMPILE = bindings.el mail/blessmail.el play/bruce.el cus-load.el \
         generic-x.el international/latin-8.el international/latin-9.el \
         emacs-lisp/cl-specs.el finder-inf.el term/internal.el
 
+# Files to compile before others during a bootstrap.  This is done
+# to speed up the bootstrap process.
+
+COMPILE_FIRST = emacs-lisp/bytecomp.el emacs-lisp/byte-opt.el subr.el
+
 # The actual Emacs command run in the targets below.
 
 emacs = $(EMACS) $(EMACSOPT)
@@ -113,8 +118,9 @@ compile-files: subdirs.el doit
         wd=.; $(setwins);                                       \
         elpat=`echo $$wins | tr '       ' '\012\012' |  \
                 sed -e 's|\(.\)$$|\1/|' -e 's|^\./||' -e 's|$$|*.el|'`; \
-        els=`echo $$elpat $(DONTCOMPILE) | tr '  ' '\012\012' | sort | uniq -u`; \
-        for el in $$els; do \
+        els=`echo $$elpat $(DONTCOMPILE) $(COMPILE_FIRST) | \
+                tr '     ' '\012\012' | sort | uniq -u`; \
+        for el in $(COMPILE_FIRST) $$els; do \
           echo Compiling $$el; \
           EMACSLOADPATH=`pwd` $(emacs) -f batch-byte-compile $$el ;\
         done