Having trouble getting iconv-0.5 ... on OS X (actually extconf.rb bug)

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Hi,

I think what is happening is that GNU iconv
(ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/libiconv/libiconv-1.7.tar.gz), when not
compiled as part of the system, is #defining iconv() to libiconv().

It appears that when extconf.rb looks for iconv(), the c file it
generates doesn’t include <iconv.h>, so it never sees the define.

You’re right, remove second “iconv” from have_library. I’ve
forgotten that it’s already done in 1.8 and shim.

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At Mon, 14 Apr 2003 07:58:19 +0900, Sam Roberts wrote:

Mon Mar 18 12:52:01 2002 WATANABE Hirofumi eban@ruby-lang.org

  • ext/iconv/extconf.rb: workaround for GNU libiconv.

I remembered that iconv extension library is no longer
maintained as sole package. Now you can find the latest in
standard package of development version, or shim package.

http://raa.ruby-lang.org/list.rhtml?name=shim-ruby16_18

–
Nobu Nakada

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Quoteing nobu.nokada@softhome.net, on Mon, Apr 14, 2003 at 03:17:45PM +0900:

It appears that when extconf.rb looks for iconv(), the c file it
generates doesn’t include <iconv.h>, so it never sees the define.
You’re right, remove second “iconv” from have_library. I’ve
forgotten that it’s already done in 1.8 and shim.

Works like a charm, thank you very much.

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At Mon, 14 Apr 2003 07:58:19 +0900, > Sam Roberts wrote:

Mon Mar 18 12:52:01 2002 WATANABE Hirofumi eban@ruby-lang.org
* ext/iconv/extconf.rb: workaround for GNU libiconv.
I remembered that iconv extension library is no longer
maintained as sole package. Now you can find the latest in
standard package of development version, or shim package.

http://raa.ruby-lang.org/list.rhtml?name=shim-ruby16_18

I will look at this.

Sam