From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: John Darrington Subject: Re: [PATCH 06/10] gnu: Add libiconv. Date: Sun, 1 May 2016 21:07:45 +0200 Message-ID: <20160501190745.GA18547@jocasta.intra> 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: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="HcAYCG3uE/tztfnV" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:57521) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1awwjM-0002qy-Cz for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 01 May 2016 15:08:42 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1awwjA-0001F0-KH for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 01 May 2016 15:08:30 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87d1p5y5a3.fsf@drakenvlieg.flower> List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: Jan Nieuwenhuizen Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org --HcAYCG3uE/tztfnV Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, May 01, 2016 at 08:58:12PM +0200, Jan Nieuwenhuizen wrote: John Darrington writes: =20 > I am sorry for my ignorance but why is libiconv needed when > targeting mingw? > =20 > Because Microsoft does not implement iconv, and presumably this pack= age needs it. =20 It's a good question, it puzzles me too why GNU libc decides to bundle or duplicate the GNU iconv functionality. In general (webkit, qt), su= ch practice is frowned upon? I think the reason is historical. Libc implemented iconv before libiconv b= ecame available. I suppose they could drop it, but then a lot of people will be = suprised when their programs no longer link. But yes it's not a nice sitation ... especially as the api of the iconv fun= ction is gratuitously different between the implementations. J' --=20 Avoid eavesdropping. Send strong encryted email. PGP Public key ID: 1024D/2DE827B3=20 fingerprint =3D 8797 A26D 0854 2EAB 0285 A290 8A67 719C 2DE8 27B3 See http://sks-keyservers.net or any PGP keyserver for public key. --HcAYCG3uE/tztfnV Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iEYEARECAAYFAlcmVAEACgkQimdxnC3oJ7M5/gCfe4SrwEvL4TuWerEPW2sgherI LlMAn14p6KiaGbMQDqMfuYAbNGjjhTKu =44Go -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --HcAYCG3uE/tztfnV--