Subject: Re: gnupg 1.4 and libiconv (was Re: gnupg 1.4)
To: Christopher W. Richardson <cwr@nexthop.com>
From: Mark Davies <mark@mcs.vuw.ac.nz>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 01/11/2005 17:19:13
On Friday 07 January 2005 05:49, Christopher W. Richardson wrote:
> Thomas Klausner <wiz@NetBSD.org> writes:
> > You're probably compiling on 1.6.x against the pkgsrc libiconv.

> You are correct. I'm running
> NetBSD achilles 1.6.2_STABLE NetBSD 1.6.2_STABLE (ACHILLES) #7: Mon Jan  3
> 11:05:50 EST 2005 cwr@achilles:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/ACHILLES i386
> and libiconv-1.9.2nb1 from pkgsrc.

> > Adding the following line to /usr/pkg/lib/charset.alias should
> > fix the problem:
> > utf-8 ASCII
> > However, I'm not completely sure if it's correct.  Someone here
> > know enough about (lib)iconv to confirm it is correct?

> Unfortunately, adding your "utf-8 ASCII" suggestion, either
> before or after the "646 ASCII" line, or replacing the 646 with
> utf-8 does not solve the problem.  I will continue to dig into
> this now that I have a starting point, but if anyone knows
> anything about libiconv, hints would be much appreciated.

I'm seeing the same problem on Solaris (and pkgsrc libiconv) so I'd also like 
to hear a solution.

cheers
mark