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Re: 4.1.1 spec files missing, FAQ misinformation
- From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow at false dot org>
- To: Dave Korn <dave dot korn at artimi dot com>
- Cc: 'Jeff Blaine' <jblaine at kickflop dot net>, 'Mike Stump' <mrs at apple dot com>, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2006 13:18:52 -0400
- Subject: Re: 4.1.1 spec files missing, FAQ misinformation
- References: <4523E4B1.2040901@kickflop.net> <01f701c6e7d6$b65c7cd0$a501a8c0@CAM.ARTIMI.COM>
On Wed, Oct 04, 2006 at 06:01:19PM +0100, Dave Korn wrote:
> On 04 October 2006 17:43, Jeff Blaine wrote:
>
>
> > "This file can be found in the same directory that
> > contains cc1 (run gcc -print-prog-name=cc1 to find it)."
> >
> > Finding the location of cc1 indicates libexec/blah/blah.
> > Putting the specs file there does nothing.
> >
> > Tracing GCC, I found that it was looking for it in
> > lib/blah/blah. Putting the specs file there works.
>
> I think that indicates someone trying to be overly clever when they
> configured your gcc package. Normally libdir and libexecdir point to the same
> dir. What output do you see from "gcc -v"?
Not any more. The default changed some time ago. Some distributors
configure them to the same location.
Jeff, for background, up until a few releases ago cc1 and specs would
always be in the same directory.
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Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery