Mail Archives: djgpp/1996/02/23/19:06:50
Reply to message 6123438 from ELIZ AT IS DOT ELTA. on 02/23/96 6:06AM
>> But what if I don't want it to make the .exe file? I have a large program
for
>> which I would rather have the coff format file than the executable, and I
>> hate having to delete it each time I run make. How do you tell gcc to
>> suppress creating the .exe?
> What in the world do you need the COFF file *alone* for?
gdb, for one. It won't run with the .exe. Since the compiled code is over 1
MB, it isn't very space-efficient to have both a coff and an .exe hanging
around.
> Anyway, if that's what you need, you can edit your lib/specs file. That
> is where gcc is told what files to produce given certain switches. You
> need to tell it to not invoke stubyfy.exe.
Gotcha. Thanks. I was sorta hoping there was a command-line switch for it,
though. :) Perhaps an idea for the next release?
John.
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