[cygwin] how do I get libiconv working correctly?

[Paolo Carlini]

Dave Korn wrote:
>   Are we missing -lintl in the link flags perhaps?
>   
Thanks. It would be nice if people knowledgeable in this are could have
a look to a thread on the libstdc++ mailing list occurred between
january and february of last year, "[v3] use AM_ICONV" . Apparently
there are some long standing issues in this area, but I'm surprised by
the failures:

  http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/libstdc++/2007-02/msg00060.html

Paolo.