Ticket #935 (new defect)

Opened 3 years ago

Last modified 2 months ago

Warn Linux users about glibc iconv

Reported by: verm Owned by:
Priority: high Milestone: 3.0.0
Component: General Version: devel
Severity: minor Keywords:
Cc: Platform: Linux
Sub Component:

Description (last modified by Plorkyeran) (diff)

Glibc 'iconv' is really a very old and crusty implementation of gnu iconv. It also lacks a few very important features namely the ability to supply a callback for characters that cannot be converted to the destination charset.

There needs to be a check and warning during configure that lets users know that support is lacking so they will lose features. It will work without it however they're better off supplying a local gnu iconv install to get full support.

Change History

comment:1 Changed 18 months ago by verm

  • Milestone changed from 2.2.0 to 3.0.0

Bump 2.2.0 tickets to milestone:3.0.0 (2.2.0 is becoming 3.0.0)

comment:2 Changed 2 months ago by Plorkyeran

  • Owner verm deleted
  • Status changed from accepted to new
  • Description modified (diff)
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