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build error: ld: error: undefined symbol: locale_charset (if configure detects locale_charset)#25
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@jhgit
jhgit
opened on Nov 29, 2022
configure && make
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checking for locale_charset in -liconv... yes
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libtool: link: cc -O2 -pipe -DLIBICONV_PLUG -fstack-protector-strong -isystem /usr/local/include -fno-strict-aliasing -fstack-protector-strong -o .libs/trietool trietool.o  -L/usr/local/lib ../datrie/.libs/libdatrie.so -Wl,-rpath -Wl,/usr/local/lib
ld: error: undefined symbol: locale_charset
>>> referenced by trietool.c
>>>               trietool.o:(main)
cc: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)
*** [trietool] Error code 1

make[6]: stopped in /wrkdirs/usr/ports/devel/libdatrie/work/libdatrie-0.2.13/tools

Noticed on FreeBSD 12 with the libiconv package installed (in /usr/local).

The link command is missing -liconv

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  1. jhgit commented on Nov 29, 2022

    @jhgit
    jhgit
    on Nov 29, 2022
    ContributorAuthor

    FYI, this started happening recently because libiconv-1.17 (released 2022) exports the locale_charset symbol whereas in libiconv-1.16 (released 2019) the symbol was NOT exported. So when building with libiconv-1.16 libdatrie's configure did not detect locale_charset.

  2. jhgit commented on Nov 30, 2022

    @jhgit
    jhgit
    on Nov 30, 2022
    ContributorAuthor

    Here is a patch for configure that sets ICONV_LIBS=-liconv if configure detects that it wants to use libiconv based on the presence of locale_charset (in addition to the case where configure decides it wants to use libiconv for iconv_open). This was build tested with and without libiconv.

    libdatrie.patch-configure.ac.txt

  3. jhgit
    added a commit that references this issue on Mar 22, 2023

    Fix 'undefined symbol: locale_charset' when libiconv-1.17 is installed.

    5d3e14e
  4. thep
    closed this as completedin 5d3e14eon May 24, 2025
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