Re: [bug-gnu-libiconv] Including libiconv in another package

[Reuben Thomas]

On Sun, 10 Mar 2024 at 14:37, Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> wrote:

Reuben Thomas wrote:
> On Windows I get an error I don't understand:
> https://github.com/rrthomas/recode/actions/runs/8220550778/job/22479798106
>
> Configuring in libcharset fails with "configure: WARNING: no configuration
> information is in libcharset". Configuration in libiconv appears to have
> been successful, so I'm not sure what's gone wrong.

I think I've already touched on this one in
<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-libiconv/2023-05/msg00015.html>:

  Also, it is very unusual/strange that the *configuration* of recode
  triggers a *build* of libiconv.

I already fixed that: libiconv is now built by "make" as you advised, and is only configured by the top-level configure.

I do still have a call to AM_ICONV (I presume, via AM_GNU_GETTEXT). Why would that cause a problem only on Windows? Also, I didn't understand how I was supposed to work around this: first, I didn't understand how I was supposed to get the build to work without it, and once working, I didn't understand how I would reinstate that call without causing the same problem again.

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