RE: [RFC] Make string printing work on NetBSD (iconv issue)

["Paul Koning" <Paul_Koning@Dell.com>]

> Paul Koning <Paul_Koning@dell.com> writes:
> 
> > +dnl Check if iconv handles wchar_t, and if not, what to use
instead.
> > +if test "x$am_cv_func_iconv" = "xyes"; then
> > +  AC_MSG_CHECKING(iconv codeset for wchar_t)
> > +  if iconv -f ascii -t wchar_t /dev/null; then
> > +    AC_MSG_RESULT(wchar_t)
> > +    AC_DEFINE([ICONV_INTERMEDIATE_ENCODING],["wchar_t"],
> > +              [Codeset name that corresponds to wchar_t encoding.])
> 
> That tests iconv on the build system, but gdb uses iconv on the host
> system.

True.  Is there a way to test the host iconv?  I can make the check
conditional on "not a cross build".  Then what about cross builds?  If
there isn't a test that gives the answer, I could do something based on
host OS type.  Or that plus libiconv present/absent?

	paul