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[wwwdocs patch] FAQ refers to specs file
- From: Jonathan Wakely <jwakely dot gcc at gmail dot com>
- To: gcc-patches <gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org>, Gerald Pfeifer <gerald at pfeifer dot com>
- Date: Sat, 1 May 2010 18:06:56 +0100
- Subject: [wwwdocs patch] FAQ refers to specs file
http://gcc.gnu.org/faq.html#rpath refers to the specs file being
present, I think this patch which says how to create and use a specs
file is an improvement.
OK to commit?
Index: faq.html
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RCS file: /cvs/gcc/wwwdocs/htdocs/faq.html,v
retrieving revision 1.208
diff -u -r1.208 faq.html
--- faq.html 17 Nov 2009 20:51:50 -0000 1.208
+++ faq.html 1 May 2010 17:05:43 -0000
@@ -198,9 +198,9 @@
Solaris. We should not recreate it.</p>
<p>However, if you feel you really need such an option to be passed
-automatically to the linker, you may add it to the GCC specs file.
-This file can be found in the same directory that contains cc1 (run
-<code>gcc -print-prog-name=cc1</code> to find it). You may add linker
+automatically to the linker, you may add it to a GCC specs file.
+This file can be created using the <code>-dumpspecs</code> option and
+passed to GCC using the <code>-specs=</code>. You may add linker
flags such as <code>-R</code> or <code>-rpath</code>, depending on
platform and linker, to the <code>*link</code> or <code>*lib</code>
specs.</p>