From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from e2i632.smtp2go.com (e2i632.smtp2go.com [103.2.142.120]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D068A3943425 for ; Wed, 28 Apr 2021 19:01:33 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 sourceware.org D068A3943425 Received: from [10.139.162.187] (helo=SmtpCorp) by smtpcorp.com with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92-S2G) (envelope-from ) id 1lbpRE-qt4CBX-7R for cygwin@cygwin.com; Wed, 28 Apr 2021 19:01:32 +0000 Received: from [10.62.31.23] (helo=romulus.metastack.com) by smtpcorp.com with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.92-S2G) (envelope-from ) id 1lbpRD-4Xa9Nx-Um for cygwin@cygwin.com; Wed, 28 Apr 2021 19:01:32 +0000 Received: from Libera ([172.16.0.125]) (authenticated bits=0) by romulus.metastack.com (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id 13SJ1UO7027561 for ; Wed, 28 Apr 2021 20:01:30 +0100 From: "David Allsopp" To: Subject: Cygwin base install no longer has iconv binary Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2021 20:01:58 +0100 Message-ID: <000001d73c60$f6d23fe0$e476bfa0$@cl.cam.ac.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 16.0 Thread-Index: Adc8X/7b+xlAvj+YRT2ezWVT4Dnhjw== Content-Language: en-gb X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.65 on 62.31.23.242 X-Smtpcorp-Track: 1_PpRD4ba9NxlX.iQEKgNuskmhHT Feedback-ID: 614951m:614951apMmpqs:614951szc2ZMLGVZ X-Report-Abuse: Please forward a copy of this message, including all headers, to X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.0 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50, DKIMWL_WL_MED, DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_EF, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, SPF_HELO_PASS, SPF_PASS, TXREP autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: cygwin@cygwin.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: General Cygwin discussions and problem reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2021 19:01:35 -0000 [Continuing second point in https://cygwin.com/pipermail/cygwin-apps/2021-April/041212.html] The man-db package prior to 2.9.3-1 on 3 Jan depended on the libiconv package which, unusually, includes the iconv binary itself. I noticed as OCaml has assumed since 2017 that iconv would be available in base, and thus on "any" Cygwin installation. I was already working on removing OCaml's dependency on the iconv binary, so I don't have a strong opinion either way, but should libiconv be put in the Base category in order to keep the installed commands consistent? David