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Re: [bug-gnu-libiconv] glibc
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Bruno Haible |
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Re: [bug-gnu-libiconv] glibc |
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Mon, 06 Apr 2020 19:32:14 +0200 |
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Petr Ovtchenkov wrote:
> > By the way, on systems with glibc (this includes Ubuntu on WSL), you
> > don't need GNU libiconv, because the iconv facility is already
> > contained in glibc.
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> Not quite so. At least guile-2.2 require libunistring linked
> with libiconv (may be due to iconv tools?).
guile requires libunistring, yes.
libunistring has the same external API, whether it's linked with glibc
or libiconv. Since glibc has the iconv API already built-in there is
no good reason, on glibc systems, to install libiconv. libunistring
definitely does not need it.
Bruno