On Tue, 28 May 2002, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Tue, May 28, 2002 at 07:23:55PM -0400, Joe Drew wrote: >> On Tue, 2002-05-28 at 18:06, Joel Baker wrote: >> > * Package name : iconv >> > It also >> > provides a command-line interface via the 'iconv' program. >> >> In what ways is this iconv different from the iconv provided in the >> libc6 package? > > I expect there is very little, if any, difference; they're both GNU > code, and I would be amazed if it were not simply > duplicated.
Then be amazed, for the code is indeed different. ;-) > However, since none of the *BSD ports have GNU libc, and not all of > them implement iconv() in a native fashion, it is necessary to have > the package available. > > It can be limited to only those architectures which lack an > implementation of iconv(), if it would cause problems; this is part > of why I CC'ed the ITP to debian-devel. > -- > *************************************************************************** > Joel Baker System Administrator - lightbearer.com > [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://users.lightbearer.com/lucifer/ -- Gaute Strokkenes http://www.srcf.ucam.org/~gs234/ My face is new, my license is expired, and I'm under a doctor's care!!!! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]