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bootstrapping: Clarify that stage0 std code is not executed to produce stage1 compiler (rust-lang#1840)
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src/building/bootstrapping.md

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(You can also configure `x.py` to use something else.)
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The stage0 compiler is then used only to compile `src/bootstrap`, `std`, and `rustc`.
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When compiling `rustc`, the stage0 compiler uses the freshly compiled `std`.
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When assembling the libraries and binaries that will become the stage1 `rustc`
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compiler, the freshly compiled `std` and `rustc` are used.
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There are two concepts at play here:
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a compiler (with its set of dependencies)
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and its 'target' or 'object' libraries (`std` and `rustc`).

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