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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Doug Evans <dje@google.com>
Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org
Subject: Re: [doc RFA]: New option --with-iconv-bin
Date: Mon, 09 May 2011 20:36:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <8339knipbj.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <BANLkTikvtS3eSk_8e+40X5ky9h_HEX5VNQ@mail.gmail.com>

> Date: Mon, 9 May 2011 13:19:56 -0700
> From: Doug Evans <dje@google.com>
> Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org
> 
> > Why not just say "if your @command{iconv} program is installed in a
> > non-standard place, you will need to tell @value{GDBN} where to find
> > it."?
> >
> 
> The iconv program comes from glibc, but you're right, it doesn't
> *necessarily* come from there.
> 
> How about this?

It's fine, but...

> +If @value{GDBN} is using the @code{iconv} program and it is installed in
> +a non-standard place, you will need to tell @value{GDBN} where to find it.

The first "it" is ambiguous: it could have meant GDB or iconv.
Suggest a slight rephrase:

 If @value{GDBN} is using the @code{iconv} program which is installed
 in a non-standard place, ...


  parent reply	other threads:[~2011-05-09 20:36 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-05-09 18:20 Doug Evans
2011-05-09 19:09 ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-05-09 20:34   ` Doug Evans
     [not found]   ` <BANLkTikvtS3eSk_8e+40X5ky9h_HEX5VNQ@mail.gmail.com>
2011-05-09 20:36     ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2011-05-09 21:08       ` Doug Evans
2011-05-09 21:53         ` Doug Evans
2011-05-09 19:41 ` Tom Tromey

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