DefMod and Objasm

[Stewart Brodie]

In message <884bcec94a.Tony at mk-net.demon.co.uk>
          Tony van der Hoff <tony at mk-net.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> On 20 Aug 2001, in message <ec25e8ac4a.sbrodie at sbrodie.cam.pace.co.uk>,
> Stewart Brodie <stewart.brodie at pace.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> > In message <9dcd11ac4a.tom at compton.compton.nu>
> >           Tom Hughes <tom at compton.nu> wrote:
> > 
> > > Does anybody know why DefMod gives the -stamp and -quit switches when
> > > it invokes Objasm?
> > > 
> > > The -quit switch is listed in the current manuals as being ignored but
> > > accepted for compatability purposes, and -stamp isn't mentioned at all
> > > but does seem to be accepted by Objasm.
> > > 
> > > The reason I ask is simply that the unix cross-assembler in the GCCSDK
> > > doesn't support either switch so I had to strip them out of Stewart's
> > > portable defmod to get it working.
> > 
> > -Stamp causes the filetype of the output file to be set appropriately, but
> > only when objasm has been built as aasm, it seems.  So it's another option
> > that does nothing in objasm but is there for backward compatibility.
> > 
> 
> I'm currently rolling Stewart's DefMod into the main OSLib distribution. I
> may as well make Tom's modifications while I'm about it. I've changed line
> 1118 in c.objasm; presumably that's all that's required, otherwise, Tom, can
> you send me the diffs, please?
> 
> Presumably there are no other developments to DefMod since July?

Not by me, no.  (Sorry for the delayed response due to being away - I do not
trust e-mail autoresponders).


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