From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 16565 invoked by alias); 6 May 2011 17:57:47 -0000 Received: (qmail 16548 invoked by uid 22791); 6 May 2011 17:57:46 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-6.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,SPF_HELO_PASS,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mx1.redhat.com (HELO mx1.redhat.com) (209.132.183.28) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Fri, 06 May 2011 17:57:28 +0000 Received: from int-mx12.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx12.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.25]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p46HvPEh026805 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Fri, 6 May 2011 13:57:25 -0400 Received: from ns3.rdu.redhat.com (ns3.rdu.redhat.com [10.11.255.199]) by int-mx12.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p46HvPSV010722; Fri, 6 May 2011 13:57:25 -0400 Received: from opsy.redhat.com (ovpn01.gateway.prod.ext.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.9.1]) by ns3.rdu.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id p46HvOaG016260; Fri, 6 May 2011 13:57:25 -0400 Received: by opsy.redhat.com (Postfix, from userid 500) id 8463B378303; Fri, 6 May 2011 11:57:24 -0600 (MDT) From: Tom Tromey To: dje@google.com (Doug Evans) Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org Subject: Re: [RFC] --with-iconv-path References: <20110506002720.DE3BF2461B1@ruffy.mtv.corp.google.com> Date: Fri, 06 May 2011 17:57:00 -0000 In-Reply-To: <20110506002720.DE3BF2461B1@ruffy.mtv.corp.google.com> (Doug Evans's message of "Thu, 5 May 2011 17:27:20 -0700 (PDT)") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.2 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2011-05/txt/msg00199.txt.bz2 >>>>> "Doug" == Doug Evans 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