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From: lukas@reichardt.ch (Lukas Ruf)
To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
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Subject: Re: a.out <-> GNU CC
Date: Fri, 17 Oct 1997 09:27:22 GMT
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On Thu, 16 Oct 1997 09:50:20 -0700 (PDT), you wrote:

>On Thu, 16 Oct 1997, Lukas Ruf wrote:
>
>> Is there a possibility to link OBJs to a.out using ld / gcc ??
>
>Do you mean DOS .OBJ's?  No, the object format is completely different.

I do not mean DOS .OBJs by writing OBJ.  I use these three characaters
as a short form of Object Format.

>
>If you mean, can FreeBSD compile to a.out format from source, yes, we
>haven't adopted ELF exclusively yet. 

I thank you a lot for this nice answer -- but how can I create a.out ?

Could you please give me the solution for gcc 2.7.x and ld ??

Thanx in advance.

>
>Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
>Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
>http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major
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