Build error on Solaris 10 (libiconv messages)

[Dr. David Kirkby]

Marc Glisse wrote:

> iconv is part of libc on Solaris (like on Linux). However, as many 
> people either prefer the GNU implementation or don't understand the 
> issue, one can usually find a libiconv on Solaris systems. You then have 
> two versions of the header iconv.h, and need to be consistent in the 
> library you link with. If you include the system iconv.h, you are fine. 
> If you include the one from libiconv, you need to link with libiconv. As 
> many people install gnu software in /usr/local and gcc looks there by 
> default, people end up using the iconv.h from libiconv without meaning to.
> 
> Hope this helps,
> 


Yes thank you, it does help. I've got a build of gcc working now, which 
depended on that in /usr/local (I must have installed it myself some 
time). I'd much rather make use of it from /usr/lib/iconv if that is 
possible. I'll watch out for what you say.