I've experienced a similar problem under i386 solaris, see http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/glasgow-haskell-users/2009-June/017376.html
The problem seems to be the file /usr/local/include/iconv.h without a corresponding library. HTH Christian Karel Gardas wrote: > Before going to trace anything I've compared sparky and my setup and it > seems I've had forgotten libiconv library in /usr/local/lib and > LD_LIBRARY_PATH contained this lib. So I've modified LD_LIBRARY_PATH to > exclude /usr/local/lib and now surprisingly base configure fails with: > > checking for library containing iconv... no > configure: error: iconv is required on non-Windows platforms > make[1]: *** [libraries/base/dist-install/package-data.mk] Error 1 > make: *** [all] Error 2 > > see: > http://darcs.haskell.org/buildbot/all/builders/kgardas%20head/builds/205/steps/compile/logs/stdio > > When I've seen the code it's not so surprising that it fails in this > way, what's in fact surprising to me is that sparky passes belong this > point: > > checking for library containing iconv... none required > configure: creating ./config.status > config.status: creating base.buildinfo > config.status: creating include/HsBaseConfig.h > [...] > > See: > http://darcs.haskell.org/buildbot/head/builders/sparky%20head/builds/91/steps/compile/logs/stdio > > I'm sorry for starting this #91 build on sparky, but I'd like verify > that it does not build older source-code than my buildbot. > > So now, the question is: is GNU iconv really required or if it's not, > how to make my buildbot ignoring it as sparky's buldbot seems to be doing? > > Thanks, > Karel > > Duncan Coutts wrote: >> Dig into base/GHC/IO/Encoding/Iconv.hs mkTextEncoding function where it >> calls iconv_open, see what it's being called with. >> >> In particular check if HAVE_LANGINFO_H is getting defined. If it's not >> then the code assumes GNU iconv. >> >>> PS: for reference, please have a look at >>> http://darcs.haskell.org/buildbot/all/builders/kgardas%20head >> See also the >> >> http://darcs.haskell.org/buildbot/head/builders/sparky%20head >> >> Which is running Solaris 10 on sparc and seems to be working fine. >> >> Duncan >> >> >> _______________________________________________ Glasgow-haskell-users mailing list Glasgow-haskell-users@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/glasgow-haskell-users
