Re: Offtopic: Glib unstable under openbsd 2.8

[Owen Taylor <otaylor redhat com>]

MC_Vai <estoy ver megared net mx> writes:

>       Sorry about the off-topic but it's just I can't
>       start working with gtk under OpenBSD just because
>       this silly error I've not been able to fix:
>
>       When I try to buid glib 1.3.2 from sources I get this
>       error message:
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>       % /bin/sh ./configure --with-libiconv
> [...]
> checking for iconv_open... no
> checking for libiconv_open in -liconv... no
> configure: error: *** No iconv() implementation found in C library or libiconv
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>       But I did installed libiconv (under /usr/local) and
>       ran:
>       % ldconfig /usr/local/lib

It appears that your system's linker doesn't look by default
in /usr/local by default.

So, you probably need to configure GLib as:

 LDFLAGS="-L /usr/local/lib" CPPFLAGS="-I /usr/local/include" ./configure

Regard,
                                        Owen