diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index 32a41e1db..74278241e 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -104,6 +104,10 @@ first a summary, then a detailed log.</para>
 </itemizedlist>
 </listitem>
 
+<listitem><para>June 7, 2004 [winkie]: Use the
+<quote>gcc --print-file specs</quote> command to determine the location of the
+<quote>specs</quote> file.</para></listitem>
+
 <listitem><para>June 7, 2004 [winkie]: Updated patch names to match those used
 by the patches project.</para></listitem>
 
diff --git a/chapter05/adjusting.xml b/chapter05/adjusting.xml
index ea14302fa..ae676717e 100644
--- a/chapter05/adjusting.xml
+++ b/chapter05/adjusting.xml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ to the new dynamic linker. A simple sed script will accomplish this:</para>
 
 <!-- Ampersands are needed to allow cut and paste -->
 
-<screen><userinput>SPECFILE=/tools/lib/gcc/*/*/specs &amp;&amp;
+<screen><userinput>SPECFILE=`gcc --print-file specs` &amp;&amp;
 sed -e 's@ /lib/ld-linux.so.2@ /tools/lib/ld-linux.so.2@g' \
     $SPECFILE &gt; tempspecfile &amp;&amp;
 mv -f tempspecfile $SPECFILE &amp;&amp;
diff --git a/chapter06/readjusting.xml b/chapter06/readjusting.xml
index e4c8c46a6..c8c2f4bbd 100644
--- a/chapter06/readjusting.xml
+++ b/chapter06/readjusting.xml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ this:</para>
 
 <!-- Ampersands are needed to allow cut and paste -->
 
-<screen><userinput>SPECFILE=/tools/lib/gcc/*/*/specs &amp;&amp;
+<screen><userinput>SPECFILE=`gcc --print-file specs` &amp;&amp;
 sed -e 's@ /tools/lib/ld-linux.so.2@ /lib/ld-linux.so.2@g' \
     $SPECFILE &gt; newspecfile &amp;&amp;
 mv -f newspecfile $SPECFILE &amp;&amp;