I have been building gcc-4.0.0 from Apple sources with tags in the apple-ppc-5000 series.
I was getting lots of messages like this "spec failure: unrecognized spec option 'Q'"
I amended /usr/lib/gcc/powerpc-apple-darwin8/4.0.0/specs
rm -rf /usr/lib/gcc/*/4.0.0/specs
Clearly that is the surgical solution, but what is the file there for?
I have now realised that it is not generated as part of the compiler build process. In fact it is one of two files in Apple Xcode gcc-4.0 package which is not derived from the source code. The other is "/ Library/Application Support/Xcode/Specifications/GCC 4.0.xcspec" I now realise the warnings arise because the specs file is from a different compiler.
Presumably these files serve some purpose. How do they affect the operation of the compiler?
Bill Northcott
