[RFC] --with-iconv-path

[Tom Tromey]

>>>>> "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