Date:	Thu, 8 Dec 94 16:33 MST
From:	mat AT ardi DOT com (Mat Hostetter)
To:	djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Cc:	nigel AT algor DOT co DOT uk (Nigel Stephens), elf AT netcom DOT com
Subject:	Re: object file format change?
References:	<6838 DOT 199412081332 AT westminster DOT algor DOT co DOT uk>
	<199412081452 DOT IAA01417 AT new-orleans DOT NeoSoft DOT com>

>>>>> "sandmann" == Charles Sandmann <sandmann AT new-orleans DOT NeoSoft DOT com> writes:

    >> cross-compiler using --target=i386-go32.  Linux is a red
    >> herring: there all sorts of different Unix systems
    >> (e.g. FreeBSD) with different native object code formats, why
    >> should we choose to be "compatible" with Linux only?

    sandmann> A very good point.

It's an especially good point considering the wacky .o format Linux
uses.  "What's that?" you say?  I'm not making this up:

gwar:~$ cp /dev/null foo.c
gwar:~$ gcc -c foo.c
gwar:~$ file foo.o
foo.o: PDP-11 executable

Heehee.  Gee, can we set up djgpp to use PDP-11 format?  :-)

-Mat

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