[openbox] compilation problem with openbox 2.3.1

[Scott Moynes]

* ahmedre at gehennom.net (ahmedre at gehennom.net) wrote:
> hi,
> i am running slackware 9 and when i try to compile openbox 2.3.1, i get
> an error as follows :
> /misc/downloads/openbox-2.3.1/src/Util.cc:278: undefined reference to `libiconv_open'

Try
  LD_FLAGS=-liconv ./configure && make

> i do have iconv... and if i do a man iconv_close etc they exist -- i did
> some searching and i found that other slackware users had the same
> problem but had no problem compiling the non testing version (2.2.3).
> i just tried this and openbox 2.2.3 compiles perfectly... but 2.3.1
> gives the error above.
> 
> 3.0 alpha 1 compiles fine as well.  i am yet to run both of them but
> they both compile no problem.

That's because only 2.3.1 uses iconv.
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