Subject: Re: [PATCH] config.mak.uname: use iconv from Homebrew on macOS

From: René Scharfe <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2025 18:56:34 +0100

On 12/10/25 5:42 PM, Torsten Bögershausen wrote:
> 
> (Probaly a stupid question:) Does libiconv from homebrew provide UTF-8-MAC ?

It has.  Curiously it also has the alias UTF8-MAC, while it doesn't have
UTF8 (but of course it has UTF-8).

> And does t3910 pass ?

Yes, except for:

not ok 23 - handle existing decomposed filenames # TODO known breakage

> I just realized that I am building against libiconv from mac ports,
> since years.
> Digging into the Makefile shows that we have a switch:
> NO_DARWIN_PORTS
> (and another one for FINK)
> Does it make sense to have a switch here as well ?
Carlo brought this up in the other thread as well, will reply there.

René