Re: can't compile lurker 1.3



On Sat, 24 Dec 2005 18:55:05 +0100, patpro ~ patrick proniewski wrote:
> Hello,

Hello,

> I'm trying to configure/make/make install the mailing list archiver
> Lurker 1.3 on a FreeBSD 5.4 system.

> Unfortunately, it fails at configure time :
> [...]
> checking sysexits.h usability... yes
> checking sysexits.h presence... yes
> checking for sysexits.h... yes
> checking for iconv.h... -I/usr/local/include
> checking how iconv_t ic = iconv_open("ISO-8859-1", "UTF-8") links... no
> configure: error: Need iconv to link

It does not find -liconv

> I do have iconv installed :

> # locate iconv.h
> /usr/include/sys/iconv.h
> /usr/local/include/iconv.h
> [...]

> # which iconv
> /usr/local/bin/iconv

`ldconfig -r | grep iconv' should report something like
xxx:-liconv.3 => /usr/local/lib/libiconv.so.3

Then try again defining LDFLAGS=-L/usr/local/lib
(if you are creating a port, don't hardcode /usr/local but use
${LOCALBASE})
--
Th. Thomas.
.



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