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commit 895c727c6f70bc6e1c889e4829c2a2b2bae098dc
Author: Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>
Date: Wed Mar 18 10:37:29 2009 -0600
Document iconv dependency
2009-03-18 Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>
* gdb.texinfo (Requirements): Mention iconv.
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Summary of changes:
gdb/NEWS | 4 +++-
gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
First 500 lines of diff:
diff --git a/gdb/NEWS b/gdb/NEWS
index 3f084e7..a8ddd45 100644
--- a/gdb/NEWS
+++ b/gdb/NEWS
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ target. Strings whose character type is wchar_t, char16_t, or
char32_t are now correctly printed. GDB supports wide- and unicode-
literals in C, that is, L'x', L"string", u'x', u"string", U'x', and
U"string" syntax. And, GDB allows the "%ls" and "%lc" formats in
-`printf'.
+`printf'. This feature requires iconv to work properly; if your
+system does not have a working iconv, GDB can use GNU libiconv. See
+the installation instructions for more information.
* GDB now supports automatic retrieval of shared library files from
remote targets. To use this feature, specify a system root that begins
diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
index 7a49aea..44f7b4d 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
+++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
@@ -24734,6 +24734,24 @@ The @samp{zlib} library is likely included with your operating system
distribution; if it is not, you can get the latest version from
@url{http://zlib.net}.
+@item iconv
+@value{GDBN}'s features related to character sets (@pxref{Character
+Sets}) require a functioning @code{iconv} implementation. If you are
+on a GNU system, then this is provided by the GNU C Library. Some
+other systems also provide a working @code{iconv}.
+
+On systems with @code{iconv}, you can install GNU Libiconv. If you
+have previously installed Libiconv, you can use the
+@option{--with-libiconv-prefix} option to configure.
+
+@value{GDBN}'s top-level @file{configure} and @file{Makefile} will
+arrange to build Libiconv if a directory named @file{libiconv} appears
+in the top-most source directory. If Libiconv is built this way, and
+if the operating system does not provide a suitable @code{iconv}
+implementation, then the just-built library will automatically be used
+by @value{GDBN}. One easy way to set this up is to download GNU
+Libiconv, unpack it, and then rename the directory holding the
+Libiconv source code to @samp{libiconv}.
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