Re: specs file for 4.1.1

[Dave Murphy <wintermute2k4 at ntlworld dot com>]

Gerhard Theurich wrote:
> Hi,
> I just installed the complete GCC 4.1.1 from source on a Linux-ia32 
> machine. Since I did not install into a system default location I 
> wanted to set the -rpath option in the specs file as it is mentioned 
> in the faq (in order to encode the correct seach path for the loader). 
> So I added a file named "specs" into the same directory where cc1 is 
> located (as per instruction in the faq). However, the specs I define 
> in this file are _not_ picked up by any of the front-ends. In fact 
> "gcc --print-file specs" does not return a path, just "specs". What's 
> going on? Thanks,
> -Gerhard
Isn't it supposed to go in lib/<target>/<gcc version>/specs ?

I just tried this with a cross compiler and it seems to work. Somewhere 
in the 4.x docs it states that you need to dump the internal specs file 
if you want to edit it. I can't seem to find that note atm :/

davem@NEUROMANCER ~
$ arm-eabi-gcc --print-file specs
specs

davem@NEUROMANCER ~
$ arm-eabi-gcc -dumpspecs > 
/e/devkitPro_test/devkitARM/lib/gcc/arm-eabi/4.1.1/specs

davem@NEUROMANCER ~
$ arm-eabi-gcc --print-file specs
e:/devkitpro_test/devkitarm/bin/../lib/gcc/arm-eabi/4.1.1/specs

Dave