bsd/citrus iconv

[Dag-Erling Smørgrav]

David Schultz <das at FreeBSD.ORG> writes:
> Gabor Kovesdan <gabor at 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.

DES
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