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Date: Mon, 06 Dec 2010 20:50:00 -0000
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: [RFA, doc RFA] Don't install gdb.PYTHONDIR if -nx
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> Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2010 12:43:02 -0800
> From: Doug Evans <dje@google.com>
> Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org
> 
> Eli, can I have a doc RFA.

Sure.

> +* New command line options
> +
> +-data-directory DIR	Specify DIR as the "data-directory".
> +

How about saying what is this directory good for?

> +@item -data-directory @var{directory}
> +@cindex @code{--data-directory}
> +Run @value{GDBN} using @var{directory} as its data-directory.
> +The data-directory is where @value{GDBN} searches for its
> +auxiliary files.

Same here: what "auxiliary files" are those?  Without knowing that,
there's no chance users will benefit from this option.

Thanks.