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Date: | Mon, 21 Jan 2002 12:02:30 +0200 (IST) |
From: | Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> |
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To: | Andris Pavenis <pavenis AT lanet DOT lv> |
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Subject: | Re: Default output format |
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On Mon, 21 Jan 2002, Andris Pavenis wrote: > > It looks like GCC 3.0.1 and later come with a linker script which > > sets the default output format to coff-go32-exe. Older versions > > produced coff-go32. > > > > I don't remember this being discussed, but perhaps I forgot. What > > were the reasons for this change? > > I simply copied binutils linker scripts with some fixes if needed If it was inadvertent, perhaps we should revert to coff-go32 we always used. IIRC, coff-go32-exe raises some problematic issues, like the fact that our spawn* functions recognize it's a .exe executable, while command.com does not.
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