I have now realised that it is not generated as part of the compiler build process.It used to be.Presumably these files serve some purpose. How do they affect the operation of the compiler?For the specs file, negatively. For the other, none, as it isn't consulted by the compiler. Xcode might use it however.
So I understand that the specs file was a useless appendage in compilers with apple-gcc-40xx tags such as the standard Xcode 2.0 gcc-4. It is not built by apple-ppc-50xx tags. It should be removed when installing a 50xx compiler.
Thanks for the help Bill Northcott
