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authorOneric <oneric@oneric.stub>2020-11-05 23:29:05 +0100
committerOleg Oshmyan <chortos@inbox.lv>2020-11-14 01:34:54 +0200
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parentfdc2d96fa58ec428d8715ab448261793f47f53cb (diff)
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configure: Explain iconv-check logic
Commit 8bebabe4a62a6d54cdfecace59c382efa80a8e47 apparently added the libiconv_open check to support libraries like GNU libiconv defining their iconv-functions as a macro expanding to lib*. As this i not immediately obvious, add an explaining comment. Additionally AC_SEARCH_LIBS will first try to link the ptrogramm with only the current $LIBS and not add anything to $LIBS if that already succeeds, thus avoiding adding '-liconv' twice.
-rw-r--r--configure.ac4
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index e01a306..59a3d9c 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE([large-tiles], AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-large-tiles],
OLDLIBS="$LIBS"
LIBS=
use_libiconv=false
+## Some iconv libraries like GNU's libiconv define iconv_open as a macro to
+## libiconv_open. As SEARCH_LIBS tests linking not compilation, check for
+## libiconv_open first. SEARCH_LIBS is smart enough to not add -liconv a second
+## time in case both versions are defined in the local libiconv.
AC_SEARCH_LIBS([libiconv_open], [iconv], use_libiconv=true)
AC_SEARCH_LIBS([iconv_open], [iconv], use_libiconv=true)
AS_IF([test "x$use_libiconv" = xtrue], [