svn commit: r341775 - in head: Mk/Uses converters/libiconv devel/gettext

[Tijl Coosemans]

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.