Re: [PATCH 0/4] Fix tests with missing iconv(1) executable

From: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Date: Feb 17, 2026, 11:54 UTC
Message-ID: <aZRXBFIMEAUQCJAu@pks.im>
In-Reply-To: <CAP8UFD0=7sCe6oEG33gb8Gzug_ig4m-breNJeUbBk1AUvuaR4w@mail.gmail.com>

On Mon, Feb 16, 2026 at 10:23:16AM +0100, Christian Couder wrote:

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> On Mon, Feb 9, 2026 at 1:42 PM Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I recently noticed that th MSVC-based tests in GitLab CI started to
> 
> s/that th/that the/

Will fix, but given that this is the cover letter anyway I don't think it matters much.

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> > fail. The root cause is that the iconv(1) executable cannot be found on
> > this platform anymore. This isn't entirely surprising: we depend on the
> > Git for Windows environment to provide necessary shell tools, and that
> > environment of course is not a fully fledged MSYS2 installation.
> 
> Maybe this and perhaps some commit messages of the patches in the
> series could also talk about
> https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/6083 a bit now that we
> know it's related.

Yup, makes sense.

Patrick