From: j DOT aldrich6 AT genie DOT com
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Date: Fri, 23 Feb 96 23:36:00 UTC 0000
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Subject: Re: Using GNU make (AHHHHHHH!)

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.