[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH] [configure] freetype depends on iconv

[Diego Biurrun]

Joey Parrish writes:
> On Wed, Jun 02, 2004 at 02:03:30PM -0400, D Richard Felker III wrote:
> > On Wed, Jun 02, 2004 at 10:00:08AM -0500, Joey Parrish wrote:
> > > I agree with this patch, but I've also found that I can hack in some
> > > block comments and get freetype support both compiled and working for
> > > me without iconv.  I know that my method is an unacceptable hack,
> > > probably dependant on my characterset.  But if it's possible to have
> > > freetype without iconv and not break everything, that would be great.
> > 
> > Agree. Can you convert your block comments into "#ifdef HAVE_ICONV"
> > and submit a patch?
> 
> Yes, but don't be surprised to read it and find out that it doesn't work
> for everyone.  I don't know anything about freetype or iconv, so I make
> no promises about the quality of the patch.  Someone who knows about
> these things should review it before commit.

In any case this is orthogonal to my patch.  If nobody objects I'll
commit this in a few days, the iconv dependency can be removed later
on.

Diego