On Jun 8, 1:15 pm, "Dr. David Kirkby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Jun 8, 6:04 pm, mabshoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > including iconv was
> > discussed in the past, but IIRC it is large and builds slow, so we
> > might just disable iconv support on certain platforms unless somebody
> > comes up with a compelling reason that we need it :)
>
> > Cheers,
>
> > Michael
>
> I don't think that is true. It took less than two minutes to build on
> my Sun Blade 2000, which other bits of Sage are taking hours, I don't
> think libiconv should be rejected on the basis of speed.
>
> libiconv-1.12.tar.gz is 4.3 MB
Yep, I was wrong on the long build. It actually configures in 20
seconds and builds in eight seconds on my new laptop.
> Dave
Cheers,
Michael
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