Hi,

Friday, August 29, 2003, 4:09:14 PM, you wrote:
AB> Hi Tom,
AB> configure ... --with-iconv
AB> doesn't change anything, configure is ok but make ends with:

AB> gcc: /usr//lib/.libs/libiconv.so: No such file or directory
AB> gcc: /opt//lib/.libs/libiconv.so: No such file or directory


AB> I decided to create a link /opt/lib/.libs/libiconv.so ->
AB> /opt/lib/libiconv.so.2.2.0
AB> Now, I still have the following message:

AB> gcc: /usr//lib/.libs/libiconv.so: No such file or directory

AB> I don't want to make links everywhere!

AB> Regards,
AB> Alain.


AB> Tom Rogers a écrit:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Friday, August 29, 2003, 12:52:11 AM, you wrote:
>> AB> Hi,
>>
>> AB> I don't know what to do with libiconv to build php4.3.3.
>> AB> My libiconv-1.9 is installed in /opt
>>
>> AB> if I invoke configure .... --with-iconv=/opt the script runs fine but I
>> AB> get the following message at compile time:
>>
>> AB> gcc: /usr//lib/.libs/libiconv.so: No such file or directory
>> AB> gcc: /opt//lib/.libs/libiconv.so: No such file or directory
>>
>>
>> AB> What is strange is that /lib/.libs is a directory tree in the
>> AB> libiconv-1.9 source directory.
>> AB> So, I tried to invoke configure ....
>> AB> --with-iconv=/home/a.bonnefoy/portage/libiconv-1.9.
>> AB> But now configure complains asking me to reinstall libiconv.
>>
>> AB> What to do???
>>
>> AB> Thanks,
>> AB> Alain.
>>
>>
>> What happens if you just use --with-iconv ?
>>


I just installed libiconv-1.9.1 and made with
../configure --prefix=/usr
make
make install

then rebuilt php with --with-iconv=/usr

and it built just fine

Some bits of iconv seem to need gettext, do you have that installed?

--
regards,
Tom