Re: AC_CYGWIN etc. (Was: AC_OBJEXT again)

[Mo DeJong]

On Fri, 15 Dec 2000, Earnie Boyd wrote:

> --- Akim Demaille <address@hidden> wrote:
> > >>>>> "Alexandre" == Alexandre Oliva <address@hidden> writes:
> > 
> > Alexandre> But saving and restoring doesn't sound bad either...
> > 
> > OK, I'll go for this.
> > 
> 
> Why!!  It is overkill to save and restore an existing a.[out|exe].  The
> probability is greater that I'll have such a file because of an aborted
> configure than I'll have one in the build directory on purpose.  Anyone stupid
> enough to have an executable named `a' is asking for problems anyway.  Just
> blow away any a.[out|exe] file in the build directory and be done with it.
> 
> Cheers,

I have to agree. This is in the build directory after all. Also,
the a.exe file does not even get deleted (but that is just a bug).

Mo DeJong
Red Hat Inc