On Fri, 15 Dec 2000, Earnie Boyd wrote:
> --- Akim Demaille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >>>>> "Alexandre" == Alexandre Oliva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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
