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Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2002 15:55:46 -0400 (EDT)
From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
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To: Nicholas Wourms <nwourms AT yahoo DOT com>
cc: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: [gcj-3.2]: US locale [8859_1] coding is not supported
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On Sat, 31 Aug 2002, Nicholas Wourms wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I was trying to compile a java app with gcj.  The application had a
> configure script and was designed with the intention of being
> compiled with gcj.  It passes this flag (along with others) during
> compile time:
>
> "--encoding=8859_1"
>
> which results in failure:
>
> " [...]unknown encoding: `8859_1'
>   This might mean that your locale's encoding is not supported
>   by your system's iconv(3) implementation.  If you aren't trying
>   to use a particular encoding for your input file, try the
>   `--encoding=UTF-8' option"
>
> Sure I could just use UTF-8, which is working perfectly fine [in most
> cases, but not all], but I find it a little bizarre that US encodings
> would not be supported.  Just thought I'd give you a heads up.
>
> Cheers,
> Nicholas

Nicholas,

This is just a WAG, but try specifying the encoding as 'iso_8859_1' or
'iso8859_1'...
	Igor
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