[LLVMdev] To a.out or not to a.out

[Reid Spencer]

Okay .. I'll make the default a.out .. unless Misha strongly objects :)

Reid.

On Fri, 2004-08-20 at 11:13, Chris Lattner wrote:
> On Fri, 20 Aug 2004, Brian R. Gaeke wrote:
> 
> > > I'm debating whether llvm should support the "a.out" convention for the
> > > default name of an executable file if no -o option is given to it. I'm
> > > currently of the mind that this naming convention is completely outdated
> > > and not worth propagating in llvmc. llvmc would require a -o option or
> > > you get an error.
> >
> > I don't see anything wrong with having the default for the "-o" option
> > be "a.out"... If it were up to me, I would keep it.
> 
> I agree with Brian.  Who knows what wierd configuration scripts or other
> stuff depends on this.
> 
> -Chris
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