Bug#298498: libglib2.0-0: libiconv instead of libc6's iconv()

[J.H.M. Dassen (Ray)]

On Mon, Mar 07, 2005 at 23:09:06 +0100, Oleg Verych wrote:
> I found that at least one usefull codepage isn't known by glibc. It is
> KOI8-RU.

Apparently that's the Ukrainian Net Character Set,
	http://www.terena.nl/library/multiling/koi8-ru/
an extension of KOI8-R.

It is not listed in the /usr/lib/gconv/gconv-modules list of unstable's
current libc6 package (2.3.5-6).

> So, what about using libiconv ?

It needs to be packaged before we can consider using it; see
	http://bugs.debian.org/148413

Ray
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