Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2014 20:18:26 +0100 From: Koop Mast <kwm@rainbow-runner.nl> To: Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com>, Robert Burmeister <Robert.Burmeister@utoledo.edu> Cc: FreeBSD GNOME Users <gnome@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD Port: devel/glib20 Message-ID: <53026082.6020308@rainbow-runner.nl> In-Reply-To: <CAN6yY1ttGAovcJwA3udUU0X8v-WYWR-vj_k8Y2_tJXAivOTcGw@mail.gmail.com> References: <53012DEB.9020208@UToledo.edu> <CAN6yY1ttGAovcJwA3udUU0X8v-WYWR-vj_k8Y2_tJXAivOTcGw@mail.gmail.com>
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On 17-2-2014 6:31, Kevin Oberman wrote: > On Sun, Feb 16, 2014 at 1:30 PM, Robert Burmeister < > Robert.Burmeister@utoledo.edu> wrote: > >> Was the 16 Feb 2014 change to glib20 2.36.3_2 to now require >> converters/libiconv on FreeBSD 10 deliberate? >> >> Koop's commit message included: > "Add back depend on libiconv. This is needed because our base iconv doesn't > do utf-8 -> wchar_t apparently. [2] wchar_t is used by glibmm." > > So it was clearly deliberate. I am a bit surprised as I have had no issues > with glib20 and no iconv. I also have glibmm and no iconv. But I use > en.US.UTF-8, so I may not hit the relevant code path. But I was certainly > able to build both without having iconv installed from ports. > The issue was showcased by graphics/rawtherapee (crash on launch). And a chat with one of the glib developers also showed some subtle issues regarding base iconv UTF-8 handling. All of this locale stuff is over my head though.
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