From: Collin Funk <collin.funk1@gmail.com>
To: Yee Cheng Chin <ychin.macvim@gmail.com>
Cc: "Koji Nakamaru" <koji.nakamaru@gree.net>,
"René Scharfe" <l.s.r@web.de>, "Git List" <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: t3900 failure on macOS, iconv(3) broken?
Date: Mon, 08 Dec 2025 20:03:47 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87sedkjo7w.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAHTeOx-By55enMxt7YkCd6e=TbE7v+1ipN3wSFQc2n+9F_L7_Q@mail.gmail.com>
Yee Cheng Chin <ychin.macvim@gmail.com> writes:
>> * macOS 14.8.2
>> * These tests pass.
>> It looks like the system iconv is broken on macOS 15 or later.
>
> I'm a little surprised that these tests pass in macOS 14 with native
> (aka not from Homebrew) iconv. Apple replaced GNU iconv with a custom
> version in macOS 14, which also caused a fair bit of breakages among
> other third-party software. I would have expected this CI test to
> break on macOS 14 unless this is a new behavior change / bug
> introduced in macOS 15.
>
> But yes, one way to fix it is to just provide the Homebrew GNU iconv
> via ICONVDIR.
FWIW, the GNU iconv maintainer expressed frustration with the buggy
iconv implementation in macOS 14 [1]. He blamed Apple-specific patches
on FreeBSD's implementation.
Collin
[1] https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2024-05/msg00375.html
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-12-09 4:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 45+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-12-08 22:59 t3900 failure on macOS, iconv(3) broken? René Scharfe
2025-12-09 3:18 ` Koji Nakamaru
2025-12-09 3:50 ` Yee Cheng Chin
2025-12-09 4:03 ` Collin Funk [this message]
2025-12-09 16:33 ` Torsten Bögershausen
2025-12-09 19:35 ` René Scharfe
2025-12-09 21:24 ` Torsten Bögershausen
2025-12-09 22:25 ` René Scharfe
2025-12-09 19:35 ` [PATCH] config.mak.uname: use iconv from Homebrew on macOS René Scharfe
2025-12-09 20:39 ` Yee Cheng Chin
2025-12-09 21:27 ` René Scharfe
2025-12-10 11:17 ` Carlo Marcelo Arenas Belón
2025-12-10 17:56 ` René Scharfe
2025-12-11 2:53 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-12-11 11:17 ` Carlo Marcelo Arenas Belón
2025-12-12 2:20 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-12-12 9:16 ` René Scharfe
2025-12-12 10:02 ` Carlo Marcelo Arenas Belón
2025-12-12 13:04 ` Re* " Junio C Hamano
2025-12-12 13:48 ` René Scharfe
2025-12-12 23:39 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-12-10 16:42 ` Torsten Bögershausen
2025-12-10 17:56 ` René Scharfe
2025-12-10 23:10 ` brian m. carlson
2025-12-11 2:36 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-12-11 9:59 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-12-11 14:34 ` René Scharfe
2025-12-12 3:35 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-12-12 10:40 ` t3900 failure on macOS, iconv(3) broken? René Scharfe
2025-12-13 18:42 ` [PATCH v2 1/2] Makefile: add NO_HOMEBREW René Scharfe
2025-12-14 6:45 ` Torsten Bögershausen
2025-12-14 7:13 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-12-14 9:02 ` Torsten Bögershausen
2025-12-14 11:07 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-12-14 11:13 ` René Scharfe
2025-12-14 23:19 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-12-16 18:53 ` René Scharfe
2025-12-13 18:42 ` [PATCH v2 2/2] config.mak.uname: use iconv from Homebrew on macOS René Scharfe
2025-12-16 18:53 ` [PATCH v3 1/2] macOS: make Homebrew use configurable René Scharfe
2025-12-16 19:11 ` René Scharfe
2025-12-16 21:49 ` Torsten Bögershausen
2025-12-16 18:53 ` [PATCH v3 2/2] macOS: use iconv from Homebrew if present René Scharfe
2025-12-24 7:52 ` [PATCH v4 0/2] macOS: use iconv from Homebrew if needed and present René Scharfe
2025-12-24 8:02 ` [PATCH v4 1/2] macOS: make Homebrew use configurable René Scharfe
2025-12-24 8:03 ` [PATCH v4 2/2] macOS: use iconv from Homebrew if needed and present René Scharfe
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