From: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
To: Christian Couder <christian.couder@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] Fix tests with missing iconv(1) executable
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2026 12:54:44 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <aZRXBFIMEAUQCJAu@pks.im> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAP8UFD0=7sCe6oEG33gb8Gzug_ig4m-breNJeUbBk1AUvuaR4w@mail.gmail.com>
On Mon, Feb 16, 2026 at 10:23:16AM +0100, Christian Couder wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 9, 2026 at 1:42 PM Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I recently noticed that th MSVC-based tests in GitLab CI started to
>
> s/that th/that the/
Will fix, but given that this is the cover letter anyway I don't think
it matters much.
> > fail. The root cause is that the iconv(1) executable cannot be found on
> > this platform anymore. This isn't entirely surprising: we depend on the
> > Git for Windows environment to provide necessary shell tools, and that
> > environment of course is not a fully fledged MSYS2 installation.
>
> Maybe this and perhaps some commit messages of the patches in the
> series could also talk about
> https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/6083 a bit now that we
> know it's related.
Yup, makes sense.
Patrick
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-02-17 11:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 38+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-02-09 12:42 [PATCH 0/4] Fix tests with missing iconv(1) executable Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-09 12:42 ` [PATCH 1/4] t4xxx: don't use iconv(1) without ICONV prereq Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-09 17:55 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-10 11:14 ` Torsten Bögershausen
2026-02-10 14:12 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-10 15:43 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-09 12:42 ` [PATCH 2/4] t4205: improve handling of ICONV prerequisite Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-09 12:42 ` [PATCH 3/4] t5550: add ICONV prereq to tests that use "$HTTPD_URL/error" Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-09 12:42 ` [PATCH 4/4] t6006: don't use iconv(1) without ICONV prereq Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-16 8:57 ` [PATCH 0/4] Fix tests with missing iconv(1) executable Christian Couder
2026-02-17 11:54 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-16 9:23 ` Christian Couder
2026-02-17 11:54 ` Patrick Steinhardt [this message]
2026-02-17 13:58 ` [PATCH v2 " Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-17 13:58 ` [PATCH v2 1/4] t4xxx: don't use iconv(1) without ICONV prereq Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-17 14:48 ` Christian Couder
2026-02-17 15:18 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-17 13:58 ` [PATCH v2 2/4] t4205: improve handling of ICONV prerequisite Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-17 13:58 ` [PATCH v2 3/4] t5550: add ICONV prereq to tests that use "$HTTPD_URL/error" Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-17 13:58 ` [PATCH v2 4/4] t6006: don't use iconv(1) without ICONV prereq Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-18 4:38 ` [PATCH v3 0/5] Fix tests with missing iconv(1) executable Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-18 4:38 ` [PATCH v3 1/5] t: don't set ICONV prereq when iconv(1) is missing Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-18 4:38 ` [PATCH v3 2/5] t40xx: don't use iconv(1) without ICONV prereq Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-18 4:38 ` [PATCH v3 3/5] t4205: improve handling of ICONV prerequisite Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-18 4:38 ` [PATCH v3 4/5] t5550: add ICONV prereq to tests that use "$HTTPD_URL/error" Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-19 23:49 ` Eric Sunshine
2026-02-20 8:00 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-18 4:38 ` [PATCH v3 5/5] t6006: don't use iconv(1) without ICONV prereq Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-18 17:46 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-18 6:46 ` [PATCH v3 0/5] Fix tests with missing iconv(1) executable Christian Couder
2026-02-18 7:09 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-20 8:25 ` [PATCH v4 " Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-20 8:25 ` [PATCH v4 1/5] t: don't set ICONV prereq when iconv(1) is missing Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-20 8:26 ` [PATCH v4 2/5] t40xx: don't use iconv(1) without ICONV prereq Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-20 8:26 ` [PATCH v4 3/5] t4205: improve handling of ICONV prerequisite Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-20 8:26 ` [PATCH v4 4/5] t5550: add ICONV prereq to tests that use "$HTTPD_URL/error" Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-20 8:26 ` [PATCH v4 5/5] t6006: don't use iconv(1) without ICONV prereq Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-20 15:53 ` [PATCH v4 0/5] Fix tests with missing iconv(1) executable Junio C Hamano
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