Re: /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-alpine-linux-musl: libgettextlib.so: undefined reference to `libiconv'

[Jeffrey Walton]

On Mon, Jun 15, 2020 at 2:44 PM Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> wrote:
>
> Jeffrey Walton wrote:
> > $ grep ICONV gettext-tools/config.status
> > S["ICONV_H"]="iconv.h"
> > S["LTLIBICONV"]=""
> > S["LIBICONV"]=""
>
> This is the situation that is expected when you use the libc's built-in
> iconv facility.
>
> The error, on the other hand, indicates that you're using libiconv's
> <iconv.h>.
>
> Possibly you configured gettext before installing libiconv, and are now
> compiling gettext after installing libiconv? This is not supported. If
> the list of packages on your system changes significantly, you must
> reconfigure gettext.

I believe I'm doing what the manual says: (1) build libiconv, install
it, (2) build gettext, install it, (3) build libiconv again, install
it again. Also see https://www.gnu.org/software/libiconv/.

I think the circular dependency is a very bad idea. But it is not my
call to make.

Jeff