From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jan Nieuwenhuizen Subject: Re: [PATCH 06/10] gnu: Add libiconv. Date: Sun, 01 May 2016 20:58:12 +0200 Message-ID: <87d1p5y5a3.fsf@drakenvlieg.flower> 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> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:55850) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1awwa6-0008Fe-9y for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 01 May 2016 14:59:08 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1awwZu-0007qW-LM for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 01 May 2016 14:58:56 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20160501174310.GA6578@jocasta.intra> (John Darrington's message of "Sun, 1 May 2016 19:43:10 +0200") 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: John Darrington Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org John Darrington writes: > I am sorry for my ignorance but why is libiconv needed when > targeting mingw? >=20=20=20=20=20=20 > Because Microsoft does not implement iconv, and presumably this package n= eeds it. As this is about the mingw port, it would be because the mingw c library does not bundle iconv. 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), such practice is frowned upon? Greetings, Jan --=20 Jan Nieuwenhuizen | GNU LilyPond http://lilypond.org Freelance IT http://JoyofSource.com | Avatar=C2=AE http://AvatarAcademy.nl= =20=20