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Cc: Andriy Gapon <avg@freebsd.org>, freebsd-arch@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: bsd/citrus iconv
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David Schultz <das@FreeBSD.ORG> writes:
> Gabor Kovesdan <gabor@freebsd.org> writes:
> > POSIX requires iconv() to be in libc. However, a glue Makefile was
> > provided there for testing purposes.
> Where do you see that?  I believe it's optional.  Providing it as
> a separate library is more maintainable, and makes it easier for
> people to drop in a different iconv library if they need it.

It's a question of semantics...  it's an extension (part of the
_XOPEN_UNIX option group), but if supported, it's supposed to be part of
libc.  I don't think the SUS states this explicitly, but it's implied by
the lack of mention of a separate iconv library in the c99 man page.

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