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Re: gcc specs file format


On Sat, Sep 21, 2002 at 08:21:27PM -0700, Michael A Chase wrote:
>On Sat, 21 Sep 2002 19:42:26 -0700 "Paul D. DeRocco" <pderocco@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>>Sorry, but I don't see it.  I grepped all the gcc.info* files (indeed,
>>all the *.info* files) for "specs", and read the matches in my editor.
>>I found a bunch of mentions of the specs file, but no explanation of
>>it.
>
>>>From: Christopher Faylor
>>>
>>>On Sat, Sep 21, 2002 at 10:51:40AM -0700, Paul D.  DeRocco wrote:
>>>>The GNUPro Compiler Tools document mentions this file, and the gcc
>>>>-dumpspecs option shows me what's in it.  But where is its format
>>>>documented?  It's quite incomprehensible on its own.
>>>
>>>In the gcc info file: "info gcc" .
>
>I found a pretty detailed explanation inside 'info gcc' by typing 'g
>Spec Files'.  There's a link to it as part of the description of
>-dumpspecs.  I have gcc 3.2 installed, but the text looks like it's
>been around since at least 2.9.5.

Actually, I couldn't find this in 2.9.5, oddly enough.

So, it looks like you may need to have the experimental gcc 3.2 installed
if you want to read about this.

cgf

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