# How to compile without iconv?

2 messages from 2015-06-09 to 2015-06-09. Participants: Sascha Ziemann, Torsten Bögershausen.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/39571

## Sascha Ziemann, 2015-06-09 14:07

Subject: How to compile without iconv?
Message-ID: <CAGUt3y4RgtkP35XstHGQ=T3zkb_akZSRS=q227wMehVzmu9MDA@mail.gmail.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CAGUt3y4RgtkP35XstHGQ%3DT3zkb_akZSRS%3Dq227wMehVzmu9MDA%40mail.gmail.com

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I tried to compile git 2.4.3 on Solaris 10. I used the following configuration:

$ ./configure --without-iconv

$ grep -i iconv config.status
ac_cs_config="'--without-iconv'"
  set X /bin/bash './configure'  '--without-iconv'
$ac_configure_extra_args --no-create --no-recursion
OLD_ICONV=UnfortunatelyYes

But when I try to compile it, I get an error that libiconv is missing:

    LINK git-credential-store
Undefined                       first referenced
 symbol                             in file
libintl_gettext                     libgit.a(lockfile.o)
libiconv_close                      libgit.a(utf8.o)
libiconv_open                       libgit.a(utf8.o)
libintl_ngettext                    libgit.a(date.o)
libiconv                            libgit.a(utf8.o)
ld: fatal: symbol referencing errors. No output written to git-credential-store
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
gmake: *** [git-credential-store] Error 1

How can I work around this?

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## Torsten Bögershausen, 2015-06-09 18:46

Subject: Re: How to compile without iconv?
Message-ID: <5577347A.5080107@web.de>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/5577347A.5080107%40web.de
In-Reply-To: <CAGUt3y4RgtkP35XstHGQ=T3zkb_akZSRS=q227wMehVzmu9MDA@mail.gmail.com>

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On 2015-06-09 16.07, Sascha Ziemann wrote:
> I tried to compile git 2.4.3 on Solaris 10. I used the following configuration:
> 
> $ ./configure --without-iconv
> 
> $ grep -i iconv config.status
> ac_cs_config="'--without-iconv'"
>   set X /bin/bash './configure'  '--without-iconv'
> $ac_configure_extra_args --no-create --no-recursion
> OLD_ICONV=UnfortunatelyYes
> 
> But when I try to compile it, I get an error that libiconv is missing:
> 
>     LINK git-credential-store
> Undefined                       first referenced
>  symbol                             in file
> libintl_gettext                     libgit.a(lockfile.o)
> libiconv_close                      libgit.a(utf8.o)
> libiconv_open                       libgit.a(utf8.o)
> libintl_ngettext                    libgit.a(date.o)
> libiconv                            libgit.a(utf8.o)
> ld: fatal: symbol referencing errors. No output written to git-credential-store
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> gmake: *** [git-credential-store] Error 1
> 
> How can I work around this?

It seems that you need to switch of gettext as well.
(Somewhat untested, I don't have Solaris)
What happens if you run the default Makefile (without configure)

NO_ICONV=t NO_GETTEXT=t make

```