# in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at
# https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html
-$output=pop;
+# $output is the last argument if it looks like a file (it has an extension)
+$output = $#ARGV >= 0 && $ARGV[$#ARGV] =~ m|\.\w+$| ? pop : undef;
+
$0 =~ m/(.*[\/\\])[^\/\\]+$/; $dir=$1;
-open OUT,"| \"$^X\" \"${dir}../crypto/perlasm/x86_64-xlate.pl\" \"$output\"";
+open OUT,"| \"$^X\" \"${dir}../crypto/perlasm/x86_64-xlate.pl\" \"$output\""
+ or die "can't call ${dir}../crypto/perlasm/x86_64-xlate.pl: $!";
*STDOUT=*OUT;
push(@INC,"${dir}.");