Re: win32 libiconv(?) problem

Dominic Lachowicz wrote:
> The problem is that glib's new win_iconv implementation doesn't have
> UCS4 support. Track progress on bug:
>
> http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=525972
>
> (10:32:01 AM) dom: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=520914
> (10:32:10 AM) dom: ucs2 wasn't in the list as of a month ago
> (10:32:15 AM) dom: ucs4 still isn't in the list
> (10:32:21 AM) dom: that's the problem
> (10:32:47 AM) ryanmac: Dom is a man of action!
> (10:33:25 AM) ryanmac: so this will be one of those "use anything
> before x.x.x or after y.y.y"
> (10:33:53 AM) dom: yeah
> (10:34:07 AM) ryanmac: alrighty
> (10:34:07 AM) dom: just be sure to ship glib > 2.16.2 in your installer :)
> (10:34:16 AM) dom: or something from the 2.14 series
> (10:34:30 AM) ryanmac: if you could throw that on the list that would
> be ideal, my scrollbacks go byebye too easily
Final followup: 2.16.3 is now standard on Windows and will be from here
on out. The only issue is Win9x support, which can be fixed with a
conveniently-packaged icky hack (replacement glib versions) available on
our Bugzilla. (Well, at least the glib-related 9x issues can be fixed
that way.)

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