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Re: [PATCH 06/10] gnu: Add libiconv.


From: Ludovic Courtès
Subject: Re: [PATCH 06/10] gnu: Add libiconv.
Date: Tue, 03 May 2016 14:19:15 +0200
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.5 (gnu/linux)

Hello,

Jan Nieuwenhuizen <address@hidden> skribis:

> It's a good question, it puzzles me too why GNU libc decides to bundle
> or duplicate the GNU iconv functionality.

POSIX C libraries provide iconv:

  http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/iconv.html

libiconv exists only for incomplete or super-old C libraries.

Ludo’.



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