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Re: [PATCH 06/10] gnu: Add libiconv.
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Jan Nieuwenhuizen |
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Re: [PATCH 06/10] gnu: Add libiconv. |
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Sun, 01 May 2016 20:58:12 +0200 |
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John Darrington writes:
> I am sorry for my ignorance but why is libiconv needed when
> targeting mingw?
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> Because Microsoft does not implement iconv, and presumably this package needs
> 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
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