1 All you need to know when hacking (modifying) GNU libiconv or when building
2 it off the Git repository.
8 You will need reasonably recent versions of the build tools:
10 * A C compiler. Such as GNU GCC.
16 https://www.gnu.org/software/automake/
18 * GNU autoconf 2.69 or newer
20 https://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/
24 https://www.gnu.org/software/m4/
28 https://www.gnu.org/software/gperf/
30 * GNU groff 1.17 or newer
32 https://www.gnu.org/software/groff/
38 * Either an internet connection or a recent copy of GNU gnulib.
40 https://www.gnu.org/software/gnulib/
42 And, of course, the packages listed in the DEPENDENCIES file.
45 Building off the Git repository
46 ===============================
48 Access to the Git repository is described at
49 https://savannah.gnu.org/git/?group=libiconv .
51 After fetching the sources from the Git repository, peek at the comments in
55 Then you can proceed with "./configure" as usual.
57 Each time you want to update the source, do not only "git pull". Instead do
58 git pull && ./autopull.sh
65 For an indication which encodings are acceptable in the official version of
66 GNU libiconv, take a look at NOTES.
68 For an indication which files need to be modified when adding a new encoding,
69 look for example at the 2007-05-25 ChangeLog entry for RK1048. The lib/*.h
70 file for an encoding is usually generated by one of the tools in the tools/
71 directory. All you need to provide is the conversion table in the format of