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Re: [bug-gnu-libiconv] I was looking at integrating libiconv and gettext
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Bruno Haible |
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Re: [bug-gnu-libiconv] I was looking at integrating libiconv and gettext into opensolaris. |
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Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:20:41 +0200 |
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Brian Gupta wrote:
> The issue with the circular dependency may cause issues for getting
> approval. What is the reason Linux doesn't have this dependency and Solaris
> does?
Linux distributions use glibc, and glibc has a decent iconv() already built-in
and therefore does not need GNU libiconv.
OpenSolaris can also be used with GNU libc; there is a GNU/kOpenSolaris project
underway; contact Robert Millan for info.
Bruno