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> you aren't the first person to find this behavior undesirable, and when i |
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> implemented it, it was more of "let's save space on things i don't think |
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> anyone will use". but if people are using it, then installing these things |
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> probably makes sense. |
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> -mike |
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I concede to being somewhat confused on how all the various pieces |
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integrate, but iconv seems like an increasingly useful piece, even if |
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only in a flawed capability that supports only 7 bit to UTF-8 and vice |
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versa. |
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Some experimentation with latest uclibc suggests that it has some |
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working iconv capability, although it appears to also cause a limited |
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locale implementation to be pulled in (which I really don't have a |
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requirement for). I haven't tried to use it in anger, but for example |
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it allows a bunch of ebuilds to compile which previously moaned about |
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missing iconv implementations (admitedly those with tests claiming that |
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the uclibc iconv is incomplete...) |
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Just my (rather ignorant) 2p |
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Ed |
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