Bug 706491 - Values for --with-libiconv confusing and inconsistent
Summary: Values for --with-libiconv confusing and inconsistent
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: Ghostscript
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Config/Install (show other bugs)
Version: 10.0.0
Hardware: All All
: P4 normal
Assignee: Chris Liddell (chrisl)
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Reported: 2023-03-21 18:57 UTC by Michael Osipov
Modified: 2023-03-21 19:11 UTC (History)
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Description Michael Osipov 2023-03-21 18:57:52 UTC 
Inconsistency:
./configure --help says:
--with-libiconv=[no/gnu/native]
configure.ac documents:
maybe/yes/no/gnu/native

Confusion:
When passing 'native' I would expect it'd use the native impl of it in libc which FreeBSD has, yet it only checks for libiconv, but with 'maybe' it does check in iconv. At least from my PoV this is counter-intuitive. Alternatively, '--help' should describe what 'native' and 'maybe' are.


Using 10.01.0rc2 on FreeBSD 12.