Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2013 14:38:57 -0500 From: Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> To: John Hein <jhein@symmetricom.com> Cc: x11@freebsd.org, bug-followup <bug-followup@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: ports/175935: x11-clocks/xclock links to iconv Message-ID: <CAF6rxg=Keq_64%2BoGusQKobCCyzyH9%2BLiS0buAxfytSDgbC2iTw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <201302071930.r17JU2Ot074867@freefall.freebsd.org> References: <201302071930.r17JU2Ot074867@freefall.freebsd.org>
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On 7 February 2013 14:30, John Hein <jhein@symmetricom.com> wrote: > The following reply was made to PR ports/175935; it has been noted by GNATS. > > From: John Hein <jhein@symmetricom.com> > To: <pawel@FreeBSD.org> > Cc: bug-followup@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: ports/175935: x11-clocks/xclock links to iconv > Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2013 12:27:11 -0700 > > xclock will use iconv if it's there, but it's optional. Many ports do this. This is entirely a bug. Imagine building on a different machine than one will be running. > From xclock's configure on a system without iconv... The correct fix is to explicitly disable iconv, explicitly enable it, or make it an OPTION. As is though, is buggy. -- Eitan Adler
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