whither specs?

[Mark Mitchell]

> - Do we still want to have the 'specs' file in $(gcc_tooldir)?

No.  This is a fragile mechanism and one that can be dealt with in
other ways (wrapper scripts, rebuilding from modified source).

> - Do we want to keep supporting the -specs= command-line switch?

No; same reasons.

> - Do we like to use specs internally?

No.

>   rs6000.h.  Should this sort of thing be encouraged, or kept for
>   those situations where the alternative is too terrible to contemplate?

I would prefer to get rid of specs and use either a real extension
language (e.g., Guile) or C to do the job.

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