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Re: [bug-gnu-libiconv] Missing UTF-8-Mac is causing programs to fail
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Jeffrey Walton |
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Re: [bug-gnu-libiconv] Missing UTF-8-Mac is causing programs to fail |
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Mon, 4 May 2020 20:03:24 -0400 |
On Mon, May 4, 2020 at 6:36 PM Bruno Haible <address@hidden> wrote:
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> Jeffrey Walton wrote:
> > I'm building libiconv 1.16 from sources on OS X 10.5, 10.9 and 10.12.
> > It looks like lack of UTF-8-Mac support in libiconv is causing other
> > programs to fail.
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> That's quite possible. The Apple-modified libiconv supports a
> "UTF-8-Mac" encoding, as a workaround to a deficiency of their HFS+
> file system. The original GNU libiconv does not support this encoding.
If interested:
https://opensource.apple.com/source/libiconv/libiconv-26/patches/macutf8.patch.auto.html
Jeff