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Re: [RFC] --with-iconv-path
- From: Tom Tromey <tromey at redhat dot com>
- To: dje at google dot com (Doug Evans)
- Cc: gdb-patches at sourceware dot org
- Date: Fri, 06 May 2011 11:57:24 -0600
- Subject: Re: [RFC] --with-iconv-path
- References: <20110506002720.DE3BF2461B1@ruffy.mtv.corp.google.com>
>>>>> "Doug" == Doug Evans <dje@google.com> writes:
Doug> We have one environment where the iconv binary comes from a
Doug> non-standard location. This patch lets one tell gdb where to find
Doug> it.
Doug> Before I write docs/NEWS, can anyone think of any problems with
Doug> this approach?
It seems reasonable to me.
I don't have an opinion on the option name.
Doug> [Ideally one could query some iconv_*() function at runtime: It
Doug> knows where its going to find its .so files, and iconv is
Doug> typically at a fixed path relative to that. But I couldn't find
Doug> such an interface.
This is:
http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12234
Tom