Re: [bug-gnu-libiconv] libiconv on snow leopard

[Bruno Haible]

> Hi, I'm trying to compile libiconv on snow leopard but it doesn't work  
> (I think because snow leopard is 64bit). There's a beta version that  
> works with this OS?

Hi,

It is impossible to help you precisely if you don't say
  - what commands you attempted in order to compile libiconv,
  - what results you got ("it doesn't work" is a very very broad
    description, you know).

But my guess is that you have overlooked this section in the INSTALL.generic
file:

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   On MacOS X 10.5 and later systems, you can create libraries and
executables that work on multiple system types--known as "fat" or
"universal" binaries--by specifying multiple '-arch' options to the
compiler but only a single '-arch' option to the preprocessor.  Like
this:

     ./configure CC="gcc -arch i386 -arch x86_64 -arch ppc -arch ppc64" \
                 CXX="g++ -arch i386 -arch x86_64 -arch ppc -arch ppc64" \
                 CPP="gcc -E" CXXCPP="g++ -E"

   This is not guaranteed to produce working output in all cases.  You
may have to build one architecture at a time and combine the results
using the 'lipo' tool if you have problems.
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Bruno