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Date:      Sun, 17 Feb 2002 05:47:58 +0300
From:      "Andrey A. Chernov" <ache@nagual.pp.ru>
To:        freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org, i18n@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: iconv port: plea for take-over
Message-ID:  <20020217024757.GA65001@nagual.pp.ru>
In-Reply-To: <20020217022052.GQ44003@squall.waterspout.com>
References:  <20020215232829.GA49008@nagual.pp.ru> <B8932D0A.695D%ade@FreeBSD.org> <20020216042213.GA54552@nagual.pp.ru> <20020216161910.GU44003@squall.waterspout.com> <20020216190141.GA60826@nagual.pp.ru> <20020217022052.GQ44003@squall.waterspout.com>

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On Sat, Feb 16, 2002 at 21:20:52 -0500, Will Andrews wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 16, 2002 at 10:01:44PM +0300, Andrey A. Chernov wrote:
> > Symlinks not helps, not the library and includes, but all function renamed
> > with "g" prefix and unrenamed back with #defines
> 
> Sure it helps, for runtime stuff.

No, runtime linking will fail, all functions have 'g' prefix in
applications (after co-existance hack), f.e. application calls 'giconv()'
while library (after hack removing) will have 'iconv()'. To make API the
same, application includes giconv.h with 
#define iconv giconv 
All this is dirty hack should be removed from GNU iconv port AND 
applications.

> OK, then the only issue is whether the giconv implementation is
> equal or better.  If it is equal or better, then I see no reason
> not to obsolete the old iconv package entirely.. possibly leaving

It is equal, supported charsets set is sligtly different. Second thing is
that GNU iconv not use loadable modules like old iconv.

-- 
Andrey A. Chernov
http://ache.pp.ru/

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