citrus/BSD iconv doesn't respect ICONV_SET_DISCARD_ILSEQ flag

Lev Serebryakov lev at FreeBSD.org
Mon Apr 10 11:59:51 UTC 2017


On 10.04.2017 14:51, Andrey Chernov wrote:

>>> I need to add that our iconv also don't support anything after //
>>> forcing ports using GNU iconv:
>>>         /*
>>>          * Remove anything following a //, as these are options (like
>>>          * //ignore, //translate, etc) and we just don't handle them.
>>>          * This is for compatibility with software that uses these
>>>          * blindly.
>>>          */
>>> //ignore is analogue of ICONV_SET_DISCARD_ILSEQ on.
>>  But later in code:
>>
>> handle->cv_shared->ci_discard_ilseq = strcasestr(out, "//IGNORE");
>>
>>  So, "//IGNORE" is "supported" (in same way as ICONV_SET_DISCARD_ILSEQ
>> is "supported")
>>
> I isn't, it just being set/unset without affecting anything. Grep
> ci_discard_ilseq through BSD iconv sources.
 It is why I wrote "supported" not supported :(

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// Lev Serebryakov


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