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  • From: James K. Lowden <jklowden AT speakeasy.org>
  • To: "TDS Development Group" <freetds AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: dbdead
  • Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2002 13:24:08 -0400


On Sat, 15 Jun 2002 08:02:32 -0400 (EDT), "Brian Bruns" <camber AT ais.org>
wrote:

> iconv should be conditionally compiled in, so if you don't have it, it
> should be trying to link it in. Did configure find it?

Thanks for your answer, Brian. I'm at home now, so I can't check, but
IIRC config.cache shows iconv as installed. I assume that's why the
runtime linker is trying to load it.

By "conditionally compiled in", you mean you don't make iconv calls unless
configure finds iconv, right? I have to update the UG on this point.

> If you really
> need it, i suggest grabbing libiconv and giving that a try.

I really don't need it, and in any case I don't want put on my dunce cap
and tell my colleagues that since I couldn't figure out how to use DEC's
iconv I installed another. :/ I'd rather "./configure
--with-static-libiconv" or "./configure --with-nolibiconv". There's no
reason to involve the dynamic linker in this, not for my purposes.

All the text data are in English, but I don't know that that will always
be true. My preferences in order are:

1. Fix whatever's confusing loader(5).
2. link iconv statically when FreeTDS is built.
3. compile iconv out.

If I'm lucky, Mr. Cameron will tell me the way to #1. Do you have any
advice for the other two?

> vsnsprintf() is another story. But you might see if vsprintf() is
> available and tweak it to use that.

Thanks for the tip.

Regards,

--jkl

P.S. BTW, Bill sent me freebcp docs. I'm using txt2man to create
FreeTDS's first-ever manpage.




  • dbdead, Lowden, James K, 06/14/2002
    • <Possible follow-up(s)>
    • Re: dbdead, Brian Bruns, 06/14/2002
    • Re: dbdead, Lowden, James K, 06/14/2002
    • Re: dbdead, Lowden, James K, 06/14/2002
    • Re: dbdead, Lowden, James K, 06/14/2002
    • Re: dbdead, Brian Bruns, 06/15/2002
    • Re: dbdead, James K . Lowden, 06/15/2002

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