Re: iconv errors on Solaris 8 -abiword 1.0

From: Andrew Dunbar (hippietrail@yahoo.com)
Date: Mon Apr 22 2002 - 22:28:12 EDT

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     --- Alberto 'JCN-9000' Varesio
    <A-Varesio@eads.matradatavision.com> wrote: > Michel
    Lacle wrote:
    > >
    > > Hey All,
    > >
    > > I just downloaded abiword 1.0 from
    > sourceforge.net, and tried to compile
    > > it on a Solaris 8 box.
    > >
    > > This is what I did.
    > >
    > > cd abi/
    > > ./autogen.sh
    > > ./configure --prefix=/usr/local
    > > make
    > > make install
    > >
    > > And these are the errors.
    > > [snipped]
    > > /usr/local/abiword/abiword-1.0.0/wv/./text.c:605:
    > undefined reference to
    > > `libiconv_close'
    > >
    > /usr/local/abiword/abiword-1.0.0/wv/libwv.a(text.o):
    > In function
    > > `swap_iconv':
    >
    > Looks like you do not link/have libiconv
    > Try reconfiguring : ./configure --prefix=/usr/local
    > --with-libiconv=peer
    > Check for -liconv somewhere inside makefiles for
    > both abi and wv dirs.

    Dom tells me that libiconv should be the default for
    Solaris. It's probably okay to let people override
    this if they want but Solaris iconv is hideous.
    Can't we make the configure script enable libiconv for
    Solaris?

    Andrew Dunbar.

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