* main.c (gdb_datadir_provided): New static global.

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 *** Changes since GDB 7.5
 
+* If the configured location of system.gdbinit file (as given by the
+  --with-system-gdbinit option at configure time) is in the
+  data-directory (as specified by --with-gdb-datadir at configure
+  time) or in one of its subdirectories, then GDB will look for the
+  system-wide init file in the directory specified by the
+  --data-directory command-line option.
+
 * New command line options:
 
 -nh   Disables auto-loading of ~/.gdbinit, but still executes all the