gettext/libiconv and libtool problem

[Larry Hall (Cygwin)]

On 3/11/2010 12:29 PM, Roger While wrote:
>
> gettext has a requirement on libiconv2.
> libiconv2 contains only the cygiconv dll and nothing else.
>
> OK. So we have a typical (libtooled) autoconf/automake configure which has
> a AM_GNU_GETTEXT([external]).
>
> Fine, the configure proceeds and produces something like -
>
> checking for GNU gettext in libc... no
> checking for iconv... no, consider installing GNU libiconv
> checking for GNU gettext in libintl... yes
> checking whether to use NLS... yes
> checking where the gettext function comes from... external libintl
> checking how to link with libintl... -lintl
>
> etc.
> Also fine.
>
> We then do the make which blows up with -
>
> libtool: link: cannot find the library `/usr/lib/libiconv.la' or
> unhandled argument
> `/usr/lib/libiconv.la'
>
> It looks to me as though libiconv2 should be supplying libiconv.la
> as the gettext libintl.la has these lines -
>
> # Libraries that this one depends upon.
> dependency_libs=' -L/usr/lib /usr/lib/libiconv.la'
>
> In fact I wonder whether or not gettext should require libiconv
> instead of/as well as libiconv2.

You must be missing 'libiconv' then:

<http://cygwin.com/cgi-bin2/package-grep.cgi?grep=libiconv.la>

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