From: toland AT epix DOT net ("Phillip Toland") Subject: Re: Default linker output filename 31 Oct 1996 23:38:12 -0800 Sender: daemon AT cygnus DOT com Approved: cygnus DOT gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com Distribution: cygnus Message-ID: <199611010607.BAA07460.cygnus.gnu-win32@epix.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Original-To: X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet Mail 4.70.1155 Original-Sender: owner-gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com I think it would be a great idea as well. Even though we are pretending we are on Un*x when we are really on NT/95, it doesn't hurt to bring the tools more inline with the way things are done on Win32 :-) :-) Phil "Ook." --The Librarian ---------- Geoffrey Noer wrote: > > > > We are thinking about changing the default linker output filename from > > a.out to aout.exe. Can anyone think of any bad consequences that might > > result? > > > > (My gut feeling is that a.out.exe might be problematic so I lean towards > > aout.exe). > > > > -- > > Geoffrey Noer > > noer AT cygnus DOT com > > - > > For help on using this list, send a message to > > "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help". > > It sounds wonderfull to me... only problem that might happen, is if > some configure scripts rely on the linker compiling to "a.out"... But > I've never delved into the autoconfigure stuff, and the GNU guys are > usually smarter than that... > > Trevor > - > For help on using this list, send a message to > "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help". - For help on using this list, send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".