Re: [bug-gnu-libiconv] trivial/cosmetic bugs for iconv 1.11

[Bruno Haible]

Hello,

Perry Rapp wrote:
> >These two files have already been removed from the libiconv CVS; they
> >will not be contained in libiconv-1.12 any more.
> 
> Did you replace them with another method of
> providing version info in the windows dlls, and if so,
> may I ask out of curiosity what method?

Yes, and the implemented method is even platform independent:
<iconv.h> declares a variable 'int _libiconv_version' that is defined
in the shared library. Write a C program that prints the value, link
it with the library, and run it.

> (It is a slightly academic question, because I don't
> think I can compile recent iconv versions anyway,
> until the mingw project releases a working installer,

The binaries of mingw.org worked for me recently.

Bruno