Re: [gentoo-embedded] ref bug 297229 (virutal/libiconv vs sys-libs/uclibc[iconv] vs sys-devel/gcc)

[Ed W <lists@wildgooses.com>]

On 04/06/2010 00:02, Ned Ludd wrote:
> On Thu, 2010-06-03 at 11:42 +0100, Ed W wrote:
> [snip]
>
>    
>> I guess the real question here is what's the best way to build glib
>> under uclibc? Recommendations please?
>>
>>      
>
> mini-iconv.c

Do you have a recipe for this?  I have built a couple of things using 
mini-iconv.c now and it seems often to need a bit of hacking of config 
files more than anything else.  I don't recall exactly what came up with 
glib, but it seemed like a much harder problem - from memory I believe 
it also had a required dependency on gettext that seemed unavoidable? (I 
gave up at that point I think?)


> or fake it.
>    

See now, I'm still missing the bigger picture here.  I'm still not sure 
I understand why I don't just do this "properly" and either use iconv in 
uclibc or libiconv (and gettext)?  Is there anything "bad" in having 
libiconv installed other than it becoming an accidently gcc dep? (And is 
that an unmanageable situation?)

 From the point of view of an ignoramous this seems like a real battle 
to avoid that which has bearable consequences to just give in and go 
with the flow?  I must be missing something important though - how/where 
is this going to bite me in the future?  I would like to try and figure 
this out now rather than suffer pain later...

Thanks

Ed W