[bug-gnu-libiconv] Sporadical Issues with GNU libiconv when using C++

[Pedro F. Giffuni]

Hello;

When building OpenOffice on FreeBSD I occasionally see some very
nasty error messages:
______
...
Making:    all_jvmfwk.dpslo
Compiling: jvmfwk/unxfbsdx.pro/misc/jvmfwk_version.c
Compiling: jvmfwk/source/framework.cxx
In file included from /usr/local/include/libxml2/libxml/encoding.h:28,
                 from /usr/local/include/libxml2/libxml/parser.h:807,
                 from
/usr/ports/editors/openoffice.org-3-devel/work/ooo/main/jvmfwk/source/elements.hxx:35,
                 from
/usr/ports/editors/openoffice.org-3-devel/work/ooo/main/jvmfwk/source/framework.cxx:43:
/usr/local/include/iconv.h:114: error: 'mbstate_t' does not name a type
dmake:  Error code 1, while making '../unxfbsdx.pro/slo/framework.obj'
...
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encoding.h (line 27) says:
#ifdef LIBXML_ICONV_ENABLED
#include <iconv.h>
#endif


This is libiconv 1.13.1, and the issue get triggered when the code
has #include <libxml/tree.h> in it.

As a work around I include this line:
#include <cwchar>      // for std::mbstate_t

but this seems to be a libiconv header issue.

Curiously this error comes and goes every month, probably
depending on the phase of the moon ;-).

best regards,

Pedro.