Add GNU libiconv as a stand-alone package.

svn path=/nixpkgs/trunk/; revision=17282
2009-09-19 22:03:24 +00:00
parent f2b30a1bf7
commit e3351fb625
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+{ fetchurl, stdenv }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "libiconv-1.13.1";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://gnu/libiconv/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0jcsjk2g28bq20yh7rvbn8xgq6q42g8dkkac0nfh12b061l638sm";
+  };
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "GNU libiconv, an iconv(3) implementation";
+
+    longDescription = ''
+      Some programs, like mailers and web browsers, must be able to convert
+      between a given text encoding and the user's encoding.  Other programs
+      internally store strings in Unicode, to facilitate internal processing,
+      and need to convert between internal string representation (Unicode)
+      and external string representation (a traditional encoding) when they
+      are doing I/O.  GNU libiconv is a conversion library for both kinds of
+      applications.
+    '';
+
+    homepage = http://www.gnu.org/software/libiconv/;
+    license = "LGPLv2+";
+
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.ludo ];
+
+    # This library is not needed on GNU platforms.
+    platforms = [ "i686-cygwin" "i686-darwin" ];
+  };
+}