Re: [bug-gnu-libiconv] glibc

[Petr Ovtchenkov]

On Mon, 06 Apr 2020 19:32:14 +0200
Bruno Haible <address@hidden> wrote:

> 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.  
> > 
> > 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.
> 

This is logically correct and I agree with you, but guile's configure
reject libunistring + (modern) glibc with words like: 'you must link
libunistring with iconv. Dot.'. When I link libunistring with libiconv
guile became satisfied.

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  - ptr