Re: [bug-gnu-libiconv] [Win32] Can't build 1.12 with MinGW in MSYS shell

[Bruno Haible]

Hi,

Sisyphus wrote on 2009-02-09:
> With version 1.11 of libiconv, building in the MSYS shell with MinGW is as
> simple as running './configure' followed by 'make'. But with libiconv-1.12,
> the 'make' step fails as follows:
> 
> make[1]: Entering directory `/c/_32/comp/libiconv-1.12/lib'
> windres `/bin/sh ./../windows/windres-options --escape 1.12` -i
> ./../windows/libiconv.rc -o libiconv.res --output-format=coff
> sed: -e expression #2, char 32: Extra characters after command
> sed: -e expression #2, char 55: Extra characters after command
> sed: -e expression #2, char 78: Extra characters after command
> c:\home\rob\mingw_vista\i686-pc-mingw32\bin\windres.exe: 
> ./../windows/libiconv.rc:6: syntax error
> make[1]: *** [libiconv.res] Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/c/_32/comp/libiconv-1.12/lib'
> make: *** [all] Error 2

Thanks for the report. I believe this is fixed in libiconv-1.13.1.

Bruno