On 2000.08.17, in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Martin [Keso] Keseg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > The two places that needed libiconv were Solaris 2.6 and Red Hat Linux
> > release 6.1.
>
> no, it;s not a problem about development computers, that's a problem of solaris.
> I was talking about iconv problem with Brendan Cully and we were making some
> tests and we decided, that ppl on solaris have to use libiconv.
I've yet to see why more recent versions of Solaris than 2.6 would
require libiconv. But 2.6 is three years old. I'd sooner recommend
upgrading your OS, if you have that authority and aren't bound by poor
applications or paranoid application developers. :)
Solaris 7 and 8 seem fine with their native iconv interfaces.
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