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Re: [RFC] --with-iconv-path
On Fri, 6 May 2011, Doug Evans wrote:
> For reference sake, the binary lives in the expected location given
> --with-libiconv-prefix (i.e., bin/iconv), but how do I effect the
> necessary change without breaking anything.
>
> If folks are happy with adding $WITH_LIBICONV_PREFIX/bin to the front
> of the search path instead (so no new configure option), I can do
> that.
> Seems reasonable, but I guess it *could* break someone's installation somewhere.
> OTOH, if people are passing --with-libiconv-prefix they may have
> iconvlist() in which case the iconv binary isn't used, so we're safe.
--with-libiconv-prefix gives a build-system path which may not be a
directory present on the host system when the gdb binary is used, so I
don't think it's suitable for this purpose (which should specify a host
system path - which I suppose should be relocated if under $exec_prefix).
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Joseph S. Myers
joseph@codesourcery.com