Re: cross compiler a.out filename prepends ac_tool_prefix

[Kevin Ryde]

Allan Clark <address@hidden> writes:
>
> I'm using a cross-compiler that is generating the binary "i386a.out"
> rather than "a.out" when my ac_tool_prefix is "i386".

Is that usual?  I thought the gnu way was to stay with "a.out" or
whatever is usual for the target.

(It's probably easier to make your tools conform to autoconf's
expectations than to change autoconf and all packages using it.)