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Re: [doc RFA]: New option --with-iconv-bin


> 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, ...


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