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List:       clamav-users
Subject:    Re: [Clamav-users] What's the benefit of having libiconv installed?
From:       Török Edwin <edwintorok () gmail ! com>
Date:       2008-09-30 9:51:51
Message-ID: 48E1F6B7.4000707 () gmail ! com
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On 2008-09-30 12:24, Per Jessen wrote:
> I'm was about to deploy libclamav* on some new machines, when I noticed
> that the libraries needed libiconv.  The build-machine obviously had
> this library installed so it got selected automagically.  
>
> Before I go and install libiconv on my new servers, I was just wondering
> what the advantage of it is in relation to clamav?  It's obviously
> optional, and clamav sems to do quite well without it. 

It allows to better handle HTML files with different encodings.
If you don't have iconv installed, there is a replacement in clamav that
knows UTF8,UTF16, and UTF32.

If you want to disable iconv at configure time, use --without-iconv, or
--with-iconv=no.

Best regards,
--Edwin
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