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Date:      Sun, 2 Feb 2014 00:00:41 +0100
From:      Tijl Coosemans <tijl@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Andrey Chernov <ache@freebsd.org>
Cc:        =?ISO-8859-1?Q?G=E1bor_K=F6vesd=E1n?= <gabor@kovesdan.org>, svn-ports-head@freebsd.org, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, ports-committers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r341775 - in head: Mk/Uses converters/libiconv devel/gettext
Message-ID:  <20140202000041.24bc9e27@kalimero.tijl.coosemans.org>
In-Reply-To: <52ED536C.3020506@freebsd.org>
References:  <201401292024.s0TKOomF031237@svn.freebsd.org> <52E97640.5020703@freebsd.org> <52EA297E.6030607@kovesdan.org> <20140130132652.5d945d44@kalimero.tijl.coosemans.org> <52EA862C.30201@freebsd.org> <20140130225350.5260dc47@kalimero.tijl.coosemans.org> <52ED536C.3020506@freebsd.org>

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On Sun, 02 Feb 2014 00:05:00 +0400 Andrey Chernov wrote:
> On 31.01.2014 1:53, Tijl Coosemans wrote:
>>> Well, exact steps for 10-release:
>>> 1) Fully restore GNU iconv for ports, not partial restore as now. There
>>> is no sense to wait for user reports that something is broken when the
>>> possible bug source is clearly identified. Users not always able to
>>> track it down.
>>> 2) Implement GNU compatible //TRANSLIT, //IGNORE and WCHAR_T in system
>>> iconv.
>>> 3) Delete GNU one again in the future 10.x release.
>>>
>>> Even in case 2) and 3) will never happens, step 1) is required.
>> 
>> Well, if others also think this is necessary I won't object.  Libiconv
>> is a small dependency after all.  But at the moment I don't think it's
>> necessary.  System iconv works in the large majority of cases now and
>> any remaining bugs will only be discovered if we continue to use it by
>> default.
> 
> GNU configure may auto-pick installed libiconv from /usr/local/lib. In
> that case package will depend on it without dependency actually listed.

pkg is smart enough to register that dependency.



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