Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2013 21:53:04 +0200 From: Joel Dahl <joel@freebsd.org> To: Dimitry Andric <dim@FreeBSD.org> Cc: svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, FreeBSD Ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org>, Peter Wemm <peter@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: svn commit: r254273 - in head: . include lib lib/libc/iconv lib/libiconv_compat lib/libkiconv share/mk sys/sys tools/build/mk Message-ID: <20130818195304.GA81160@devbox.vnode.local> In-Reply-To: <3887D7C7-D766-40DF-B154-D05768B86AA6@FreeBSD.org> References: <201308130715.r7D7F1nu076335@svn.freebsd.org> <3887D7C7-D766-40DF-B154-D05768B86AA6@FreeBSD.org>
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On Sun, Aug 18, 2013 at 12:34:30AM +0200, Dimitry Andric wrote: > On Aug 13, 2013, at 09:15, Peter Wemm <peter@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > > Author: peter > > Date: Tue Aug 13 07:15:01 2013 > > New Revision: 254273 > > URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/254273 > > > > Log: > > The iconv in libc did two things - implement the standard APIs, the GNU > > extensions and also tried to be link time compatible with ports libiconv. > > This splits that functionality and enables the parts that shouldn't > > interfere with the port by default. > > > > WITH_ICONV (now on by default) - adds iconv.h, iconv_open(3) etc. > > WITH_LIBICONV_COMPAT (off by default) adds the libiconv_open etc API, linker > > symbols and even a stub libiconv.so.3 that are good enough to be able > > to 'pkg delete -f libiconv' on a running system and reasonably expect it > > to work. > > > > I have tortured many machines over the last few days to try and reduce > > the possibilities of foot-shooting as much as I can. I've successfully > > recompiled to enable and disable the libiconv_compat modes, ports that use > > libiconv alongside system iconv etc. If you don't enable the > > WITH_LIBICONV_COMPAT switch, they don't share symbol space. > > > > This is an extension of behavior on other system. iconv(3) is a standard > > libc interface and libiconv port expects to be able to run alongside it on > > systems that have it. > > Unfortunately I expect this will break many ports, when the libiconv > port is installed. A simple example is the following: <SNIP> It also breaks installworld when /usr/src and /usr/obj are NFS exported read-only. -- Joel
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