Re: [Boost-testing] iconv library on Sandia-Darwin

Subject: Re: [Boost-testing] iconv library on Sandia-Darwin
From: Belcourt, Kenneth (kbelco_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-07-26 14:09:23

Hi Artyom,

On Jul 23, 2011, at 2:18 PM, Artyom Beilis wrote:

>    Basically you should be able to compile:
> 
>    #include <iconv.h>
> 
>    int main()
>    {
>     iconv_t d = iconv_open(0,0);
>     (void)(d);
>    }
>     
>    with g++ test.cpp -liconv

Yes, this works with default g++ on Snow Leopard (4.2.1).

It does indeed fail with the compiler I use for nightly testing (/opt/local/bin/g++-mp-4.4).  This compiler generates a different symbol that the installed compiler.

[macsierra02:~] kbelco% /opt/local/bin/g++-mp-4.4 foo.cpp 
Undefined symbols:
  "_libiconv_open", referenced from:
      _main in ccOff4HW.o

Notice with the default installed compiler the symbol name changes.

[macsierra02:~] kbelco% which g++
/usr/bin/g++

[macsierra02:~] kbelco% g++ --version
i686-apple-darwin10-g++-4.2.1 (GCC) 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5659)

[macsierra02:~] kbelco% g++ foo.cpp
Undefined symbols:
  "_iconv_open", referenced from:
      _main in cc2067qf.o

I'm not sure why the symbol is mangled to a different name with our compiler.  It seems that our version of the compiler is incorrectly installed or at least not properly configured to build / link against iconv.

-- Noel