[Bug gas/11728] New: Output file present even after gas exits with an error

[sterling at tensilica dot com]

The patch described here (all the way from 2006) introduces a subtle error when
the host is cygwin and there is an error while assembling the file:

http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2006-02/msg00098.html

Prior to this change, the output file would first be closed and then second it
would be unlinked. After this change, the file is unlinked, and then closed.

All of this is fine under when the host is a unixy system. However, when the
host is a windows based system, (and under cygwin), the unlink will fail because
the file is still open. Gas does exit with an error, but the output file
continues to exist. 

If you then rerun make, it will not try to rebuild this incomplete and erroneous
file.

I have a fix on the way for this.

To reproduce, build for cygwin host and assemble any file that contains an
error. The output file will continue to exist.

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           Summary: Output file present even after gas exits with an error
           Product: binutils
           Version: 2.21 (HEAD)
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: gas
        AssignedTo: unassigned at sources dot redhat dot com
        ReportedBy: sterling at tensilica dot com
                CC: bug-binutils at gnu dot org
  GCC host triplet: cygwin
GCC target triplet: any


http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11728

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