4.1.1 spec files missing, FAQ misinformation

Ian Lance Taylor iant@google.com
Wed Sep 27 20:49:00 GMT 2006


Mike Stump <mrs@apple.com> writes:

> Wrong list, you should use gcc-help for help.
> 
> On Sep 27, 2006, at 6:03 AM, Jeff Blaine wrote:
> > I'm trying to get around the "Some people have crappy NFS
> > architectures so we're going to make GCC so braindead it
> > can't even find its own libraries" problem.
> >
> > Can anyone tell me where the spec files in 4.1.1 are?
> 
> The command you quoted tells you in what directory you can place the
> file, the name of the file is "specs", and the contents can be found
> with gcc -dumpspecs.
> 
> Feel free to update the FAQ (if it's in wiki)...

Note that recent versions of gcc no longer install the specs file.
But they will read it if it exists.

Ian



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