[driver/11810] object file deletion

Mark Mitchell mark@codesourcery.com
Tue Nov 3 14:03:00 GMT 2009


Nathan Sidwell wrote:

> This is a patch of Mark's.  It fixes an issue exposed by Eclipse where
> gcc fails to remove an explicitly named output file in the face of an
> error.  The problem is that '-ofoo.o' records the output file as
> '-ofoo.o'[*], and hence attempts to delete the wrong file -- fortunately
> files beginning with '-' are rare, so this is unlikely to delete a real
> file!

I still think this is the best way to fix this bug.

OK if no objections within 24 hours.

Thanks,

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Mark Mitchell
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