From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?=)
Subject: Re: [PATCH 06/10] gnu: Add libiconv.
Date: Tue, 03 May 2016 14:19:15 +0200
Message-ID: <87lh3rbags.fsf@gnu.org>
References: <1461942751-23883-1-git-send-email-janneke@gnu.org>
	<1461942751-23883-6-git-send-email-janneke@gnu.org>
	<9b320678-3af9-22c5-ead5-23126e43f57c@gmail.com>
	<20160501174310.GA6578@jocasta.intra>
	<87d1p5y5a3.fsf@drakenvlieg.flower>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Return-path: <guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org>
Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:38970)
	by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71)
	(envelope-from <ludo@gnu.org>) id 1axZIz-0006Ln-Dp
	for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 03 May 2016 08:20:03 -0400
Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71)
	(envelope-from <ludo@gnu.org>) id 1axZIn-0004bV-O1
	for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 03 May 2016 08:19:52 -0400
In-Reply-To: <87d1p5y5a3.fsf@drakenvlieg.flower> (Jan Nieuwenhuizen's message
	of "Sun, 01 May 2016 20:58:12 +0200")
List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution."
	<guix-devel.gnu.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/options/guix-devel>,
	<mailto:guix-devel-request@gnu.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/>
List-Post: <mailto:guix-devel@gnu.org>
List-Help: <mailto:guix-devel-request@gnu.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/guix-devel>,
	<mailto:guix-devel-request@gnu.org?subject=subscribe>
Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org
Sender: "Guix-devel" <guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org>
To: Jan Nieuwenhuizen <janneke@gnu.org>
Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org

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=E2=80=99.