Re: iconv in base breaks multiple ports

2013/10/22 Ulrich Spörlein <uqs_at_freebsd.org>:
> 2013/10/22 Tijl Coosemans <tijl_at_coosemans.org>:
>> On Mon, 21 Oct 2013 22:34:45 +0200 Ulrich Spörlein wrote:
>>> On Mon, 2013-10-21 at 13:18:55 +0200, Tilman Keskinöz wrote:
>>>> * Ulrich Spörlein [Sun, 20 Oct 2013 20:27:23 +0200]:
>>>>> ever since that iconv thing replaced the ports version, I run into
>>>>> trouble with several ports that I have installed on a -CURRENT (now
>>>>> stable/10 system).
>>>>>
>>>>> These are not compile-time errors, but crashes or limited functionality
>>>>> where I blame iconv :)
>>>>>
>>>>> 1. www/newsbeuter crashes during startup, somewhere in the stfl code
>>>>> that deals with wide char functions.
>>>>>
>>>>> Is my system hexed? I've rebuilt the ports/packages a dozen times now.
>>>>> Am I seeing ghosts?
>>>>
>>>> I don't run Current, but according to the pkg-fallout mails i am
>>>> receiving, newsbeuter shouldn't even compile on CURRENT. Maybe there are
>>>> some stale files on your system?
>>>>
>>>> There is also an update in the PR system, you might want to try,
>>>> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=ports/182896
>>>
>>> Right, I had to set USE_GCC=any and muck with -liconv flags of course to
>>> get it to build.
>>
>> Hmm, does this mean you still have libiconv installed?  Because then
>> your crashes may be because some libraries use libc iconv and others
>> libiconv iconv.
>
> No no, the port just blindly links against libiconv and I had to patch
> that, obviously. My system is clean of any libiconv-from-ports.
>
> But as a next step, I shall now build base w/o iconv and bring back
> libiconv from ports to see if that fixes my issues.


... and the verdict is in. Building src w/o iconv, then re-installing
converters/libiconv and rebuilding the ports fixes at least
newsbeuter, I'll now let multimedia/xbmc (and requirements) rebuild
over night and then prepare a patch to allow -CURRENT + libiconv for
those people that like a working system.

I'm also looping re_at_ in, as they might want to hear about showstoppers
for the 10.0 release.

Cheers,
Uli