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Re: iconv support not detected by configure when using gcc-3.3.1-3


On Wed, 4 Feb 2004, Charles Wilson wrote:

> This is thanks to the new iconv support in newlib.  Even tho it is
> "turned off" in cygwin-1.5.7, the new cygwin package still installs its
> own version of /usr/include/iconv.h -- and the "new" version is not, of
> course, recognized as GNU iconv.
>
> Short-term solution: reinstall 'libiconv'
>
> Medium-term solution: next cygwin release, if it still does not use
> newlib's iconv, should also _not_ include newlib's iconv.h

There's also libiberty.a, which gets install by cygwin and
binutils, but I think it never caused any problems. It did for
me on Linux and others when we compiled ksymoops (it was also
part of gcc). Now I only install the binutils file.

> Long-term solution: we really really need a package linter that detects
> file conflicts like these BEFORE they lead to wierd problems.  Any
> volunteers?

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