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iconv (Score:2)
It's this reason why AxKit's installer actually tries to compile a small XS module in order to test for the presence of iconv. You also need to know whether iconv is in -liconv, -llibiconv, or -lc.
Yes, it's all horribly complicated, and pretty much the only way to be sure is to compile something and see if it runs.
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Re:iconv (Score:1)
I'm not surprised. It's just something I threw together as an example. Some versions of
iconv.hdon't appear to have the version number in them, either. However, I didn't get into this to have horribly complicated things to do (only PostgreSQL is easy to interrogate). Rather, I wanted to create a uniform interface for this sort of thing, and people who know more about the various packages than I do could contribute them and keep them up-to-date.IOW, patches welcome!
Re:iconv (Score:2)