dnl If we find the header file, try and link against the library
if test "x$HAVE_ICONV_H" != "x0"; then
- dnl Check for iconv includes as part of libc
- AC_CHECK_LIB([c], [iconv_open], [ICONV_LDFLAGS=-lc HAVE_ICONV=1], [])
+ dnl libconv defines iconv_open to libiconv_open, so we'll check that directly
+ AC_CHECK_LIB([iconv], [libiconv_open], [ICONV_LDFLAGS=-liconv HAVE_ICONV=1], [])
if test "x$HAVE_ICONV" = "x"; then
- dnl If not found, check for iconv included as part of libiconv
- AC_CHECK_LIB([iconv], [iconv_open], [ICONV_LDFLAGS=-liconv HAVE_ICONV=1], [])
+ dnl Check for iconv included as part of libc, using iconv_open
+ AC_CHECK_LIB([c], [iconv_open], [ICONV_LDFLAGS=-lc HAVE_ICONV=1], [])
if test "x$HAVE_ICONV" = "x"; then
- dnl If not found, check for Win32 iconv (some of them use a lib prefix for functions within the iconv DLLs)
- AC_CHECK_LIB([iconv], [libiconv_open], [ICONV_LDFLAGS=-liconv HAVE_ICONV=1], [])
+ dnl But it's possible this implementation of libiconv doesn't have a libiconv_* define
+ AC_CHECK_LIB([iconv], [iconv_open], [ICONV_LDFLAGS=-liconv HAVE_ICONV=1], [])
if test "x$HAVE_ICONV" = "x"; then
dnl No iconv library was found; issue a warning to the console
AC_MSG_WARN([could not find iconv library: no support for encoding conversion will be included])