This is annoying. I've successfully compiled mutt without iconv by commenting out lines in config.h, so I think that this is just a braindead policy decision. Try commenting out the iconv test you quoted below in configure, and see what happens when you configure and build without iconv. Also note that for some reason the iconv macro is defined twice in config.h: perhaps one of them is hardwired. So make sure they're both gone, and remove them if they're not, before you build. Let us know what happens -- I definitely think that mutt should be able to compile without iconv on old boxes where users don't need the functionality.
-Daniel On Wed, Jan 02, 2002 at 07:20:14AM -0800, Claus Assmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > System: OpenBSD 2.8 > ./configure --without-iconv > doesn't work: > checking for catalogs to be installed... de ru it es uk fr pl nl cs id sk ko el >zh_TW zh_CN pt_BR eo gl sv da lt tr ja hu et ca > configure: error: Unable to find an iconv function. See INSTALL for help > > I read the INSTALL file, that's why I used > --without-iconv > > BTW: > http://clisp.cons.org/~haible/packages-libiconv.html > gives 404. > > Before you yell at me: I found the package (later on there is > an ftp URL). > > So which part of the INSTALL file is correct: must I install > yet another library or is there a way to turn iconv off? > > According to these lines in configure: > > if test "$am_cv_func_iconv" != "yes" > then > { echo "configure: error: Unable to find an iconv function. See INSTALL for help" >1>&2; exit 1; } > fi > > it's not possible to be turned off... -- Daniel E. Eisenbud [EMAIL PROTECTED] "We should go forth on the shortest walk perchance, in the spirit of undying adventure, never to return,--prepared to send back our embalmed hearts only as relics to our desolate kingdoms." --Henry David Thoreau, "Walking"
