From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
To: Jan Nieuwenhuizen <janneke@gnu.org>
Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 06/10] gnu: Add libiconv.
Date: Tue, 03 May 2016 14:19:15 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87lh3rbags.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87d1p5y5a3.fsf@drakenvlieg.flower> (Jan Nieuwenhuizen's message of "Sun, 01 May 2016 20:58:12 +0200")
Hello,
Jan Nieuwenhuizen <janneke@gnu.org> skribis:
> It's a good question, it puzzles me too why GNU libc decides to bundle
> or duplicate the GNU iconv functionality.
POSIX C libraries provide iconv:
http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/iconv.html
libiconv exists only for incomplete or super-old C libraries.
Ludo’.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-05-03 12:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 41+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-04-29 15:12 [PATCH 01/10] gnu: cross: Use CROSS_*_INCLUDE_PATH for system headers Jan Nieuwenhuizen
2016-04-29 15:12 ` [PATCH 02/10] gnu: bootstrap: Add i686-mingw Jan Nieuwenhuizen
2016-04-29 15:34 ` Manolis Ragkousis
2016-04-29 18:28 ` Jan Nieuwenhuizen
2016-05-01 11:02 ` Manolis Ragkousis
2016-04-29 15:12 ` [PATCH 03/10] gnu: Add mingw-w64 Jan Nieuwenhuizen
2016-04-29 15:12 ` [PATCH 04/10] gnu: cross-build: i686-w64-mingw32: new cross target Jan Nieuwenhuizen
2016-05-02 8:06 ` Andy Wingo
2016-05-02 18:34 ` Jan Nieuwenhuizen
2016-04-29 15:12 ` [PATCH 05/10] gnu: gmp: build shared library for mingw Jan Nieuwenhuizen
2016-04-29 15:12 ` [PATCH 06/10] gnu: Add libiconv Jan Nieuwenhuizen
2016-05-01 17:07 ` Manolis Ragkousis
2016-05-01 17:43 ` John Darrington
2016-05-01 18:58 ` Jan Nieuwenhuizen
2016-05-01 19:07 ` John Darrington
2016-05-03 12:19 ` Ludovic Courtès [this message]
2016-05-01 18:27 ` Jan Nieuwenhuizen
2016-05-03 12:20 ` Ludovic Courtès
2016-05-03 16:55 ` [PATCH 06a/10] " Jan Nieuwenhuizen
2016-05-05 14:56 ` Ludovic Courtès
2016-05-03 16:56 ` [PATCH 06b/10] gnu: Add function libiconv-if-needed Jan Nieuwenhuizen
2016-04-29 15:12 ` [PATCH 07/10] gnu: ncurses: support mingw Jan Nieuwenhuizen
2016-05-02 8:09 ` Andy Wingo
2016-05-02 18:41 ` Jan Nieuwenhuizen
2016-04-29 15:12 ` [PATCH 08/10] gnu: readline: " Jan Nieuwenhuizen
2016-05-02 8:12 ` Andy Wingo
2016-05-02 18:52 ` Jan Nieuwenhuizen
2016-05-02 19:25 ` Jan Nieuwenhuizen
2016-04-29 15:12 ` [PATCH 09/10] gnu: libunistring: support mingw: propagate libiconv if needed Jan Nieuwenhuizen
2016-04-29 15:12 ` [PATCH 10/10] gnu: guile-2.0: support mingw Jan Nieuwenhuizen
2016-05-02 8:04 ` [PATCH 01/10] gnu: cross: Use CROSS_*_INCLUDE_PATH for system headers Andy Wingo
2016-05-02 17:59 ` Jan Nieuwenhuizen
2016-05-03 12:06 ` Ludovic Courtès
2016-05-03 13:27 ` Andy Wingo
2016-05-03 12:16 ` Ludovic Courtès
2016-05-14 5:29 ` Mark H Weaver
2016-05-14 6:37 ` Jan Nieuwenhuizen
2016-05-14 8:25 ` FIXUP: " Jan Nieuwenhuizen
2016-05-14 20:05 ` Ludovic Courtès
2016-05-14 20:50 ` Jan Nieuwenhuizen
2016-05-16 21:02 ` Ludovic Courtès
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