[Bug ld/31761] Linker deletes output file even if linking fails

[nickc at redhat dot com]

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=31761

--- Comment #11 from Nick Clifton <nickc at redhat dot com> ---
(In reply to Jonathan Wakely from comment #10)

> For the record, gcc won't even allow you to set the output to the name of an
> input file:
> 
> $ gcc foo.c -o foo.c
> gcc: fatal error: input file ‘foo.c’ is the same as output file
> compilation terminated.

It is the same with ld:

  $ ld foo.o -o foo.o
  ld: input file 'foo.o' is the same as output file
  $ echo $?
  1

But I still think that the linker could be a bit more paranoid about
overwriting existing files, so I will see what I can do.

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