iconv support in 10.x compatibility with closed source apps?

Tijl Coosemans tijl at FreeBSD.org
Mon Feb 3 10:29:23 UTC 2014


On Mon, 3 Feb 2014 09:12:10 -0000 Steven Hartland wrote:
> Since 10.x includes iconv in base the converts/libiconv port
> refuses to build with the error:
> 
> ===>  libiconv-1.14_1 converters/libiconv should not be used
> with iconv from base.  Please fix the port which tries to use it.
> 
> Now thats all well and good if this was port but its not its
> a piece of close source software which is linked to libiconv.so.3
> 
> So without the option of recompiling the application with base
> iconv what's the correct fix?

Update your ports tree and install converters/libiconv.  The ban has
been lifted.


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