On Thu, 24 Jul 2014, Ulrich Wilkens wrote:
> On 07/19/14 02:49, Jon Trulson wrote:
>> Yes. Yes it is :)
>>
>> I will prepare for a new release by the end of next weekend. If there are
>> any outstanding patches, please send them in.
>>
>> I know there was one posted to the list regarding building on FBSD 10
>> (though not in the form of an actual patch). I can add them, but it
>> would be better if someone with FBSD could check them out, especially
>> if it (the iconv stuff) works for other fbsd versions as well:
>>
>> http://sourceforge.net/p/cdesktopenv/mailman/message/32361417/
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>
> I wouldn't encourage to use -liconv on FreeBSD generally:
> - FreeBSD 9 doesn't need it because libiconv.so is used automatically.
> Although it doesn't harm.
> - On FreeBSD 10 it also shouldn't be used because the iconv functions
> have been moved from ports to base system and are now located in
> libc.so.
>
> Unfortunately there are some FreeBSD 10 out there that don't have it
> in libc.so. I couldn't find out why, but it could be that they are
> old FreeBSD 10-current systems which have been updated and something
> with the update is incomplete.
>
> The package libiconv that is needed for -liconv can sometimes conflict
> with the iconv functions in libc.so. So it is normally better to not
> install the package. My solution would be to check for existence of the
> package (/usr/local/include/icon.h). If it exists set -liconv, other-
> wise leave it out.
>
> I have patches for it and I can send them if there is some interest.
> These patches also include build changes for FreeBSD 10. Default is now
> to build everything with clang, also the cpp part.
> But it can easily switched back to gcc by a config line in host.def or
> site.def. In neither way it's necessary to move compiler binaries on
> the system.
>
> But I would need some days (next weekend) to complete the patches
> and to test them against the latest CDE code.
>
> Regards, Ulrich
Well, there is no rush to release this weekend, I can postpone till
next weekend if that works better for you.
It would be nice to have as much building as possible, and I suspect
a great many FBSD users would like to have a cde build that just works
with the default compiler (clang), without a lot of hacking.
--
Jon Trulson
"Don't believe everything you read on the internet."
--Abraham Lincoln
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