AIX iconv is unusable: it does not report conversion failures.
2007-03-29 Bruno Haible <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* m4/iconv.m4 (AM_ICONV_LINK): Require AC_CANONICAL_HOST. Test against
a bug in AIX iconv().
*** m4/iconv.m4 18 Jan 2005 13:07:56 -0000 1.10
--- m4/iconv.m4 30 Mar 2007 01:45:18 -0000
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*** 1,5 ****
! # iconv.m4 serial AM4 (gettext-0.11.3)
! dnl Copyright (C) 2000-2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
dnl This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
dnl gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
dnl with or without modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.
--- 1,5 ----
! # iconv.m4 serial AM5 (gettext-0.16.2)
! dnl Copyright (C) 2000-2002, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
dnl This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
dnl gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
dnl with or without modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.
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*** 21,26 ****
--- 21,27 ----
[
dnl Some systems have iconv in libc, some have it in libiconv (OSF/1 and
dnl those with the standalone portable GNU libiconv installed).
+ AC_REQUIRE([AC_CANONICAL_HOST]) dnl for cross-compiles
dnl Search for libiconv and define LIBICONV, LTLIBICONV and INCICONV
dnl accordingly.
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am_save_CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS"
AC_LIB_APPENDTOVAR([CPPFLAGS], [$INCICONV])
! AC_CACHE_CHECK(for iconv, am_cv_func_iconv, [
am_cv_func_iconv="no, consider installing GNU libiconv"
am_cv_lib_iconv=no
AC_TRY_LINK([#include <stdlib.h>
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am_save_CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS"
AC_LIB_APPENDTOVAR([CPPFLAGS], [$INCICONV])
! AC_CACHE_CHECK([for iconv], am_cv_func_iconv, [
am_cv_func_iconv="no, consider installing GNU libiconv"
am_cv_lib_iconv=no
AC_TRY_LINK([#include <stdlib.h>
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*** 56,62 ****
fi
])
if test "$am_cv_func_iconv" = yes; then
! AC_DEFINE(HAVE_ICONV, 1, [Define if you have the iconv() function.])
fi
if test "$am_cv_lib_iconv" = yes; then
AC_MSG_CHECKING([how to link with libiconv])
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fi
])
if test "$am_cv_func_iconv" = yes; then
! AC_CACHE_CHECK([for working iconv], am_cv_func_iconv_works, [
! dnl This tests against a bug in AIX 5.1: failures are not
distinguishable
! dnl from successul returns.
! am_save_LIBS="$LIBS"
! if test $am_cv_lib_iconv = yes; then
! LIBS="$LIBS $LIBICONV"
! fi
! AC_TRY_RUN([
! int main ()
! {
! static const char input[] = "\342\202\254"; /* EURO SIGN */
! iconv_t cd_utf8_to_88591 = iconv_open ("ISO8859-1", "UTF-8");
! if (cd_utf8_to_88591 != (iconv_t)(-1))
! {
! char buf[10];
! const char *inptr = input;
! size_t inbytesleft = strlen (input);
! char *outptr = buf;
! size_t outbytesleft = sizeof (buf);
! size_t res = iconv (cd_utf8_to_88591,
! (char **) &inptr, &inbytesleft,
! &outptr, &outbytesleft);
! return res == 0;
! }
! else
! return 0;
! }], [am_cv_func_iconv_works=yes], [am_cv_func_iconv_works=no],
! [case "$host_os" in
! aix*) am_cv_func_iconv_works="guessing no" ;;
! *) am_cv_func_iconv_works="guessing yes" ;;
! esac])
! LIBS="$am_save_LIBS"
! ])
! case "$am_cv_func_iconv_works" in
! *no) am_func_iconv=no am_cv_lib_iconv=no ;;
! *) am_func_iconv=yes ;;
! esac
! else
! am_func_iconv=no am_cv_lib_iconv=no
! fi
! if test "$am_func_iconv" = yes; then
! AC_DEFINE(HAVE_ICONV, 1,
! [Define if you have the iconv() function and it works.])
fi
if test "$am_cv_lib_iconv" = yes; then
AC_MSG_CHECKING([how to link with libiconv])
