The variable ENCODING_ISO8859 in m4.include/mc-i18n.m4 gets set, but is forgotten to be exported. That's fixed upstream in a later encodings overhaul, but for now a patch I attached here can be useful.
diff -urb a/m4.include/mc-i18n.m4 b/m4.include/mc-i18n.m4
--- a/m4.include/mc-i18n.m4 2025-01-11 22:51:01.000000000 +0500
+++ b/m4.include/mc-i18n.m4 2026-08-18 09:40:09.694833669 +0500
@@ -40,5 +40,6 @@
AC_SUBST(ENCODING_CP1251)
AC_SUBST(ENCODING_CP866)
+ AC_SUBST(ENCODING_ISO8859)
fi
])
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