Re: converters/libiconv-1.16

[Greg Troxel <gdt%lexort.com@localhost>]

Roland Illig <roland.illig%gmx.de@localhost> writes:

> Am 11.10.2019 um 05:42 schrieb Frédéric Fauberteau:
>> Anyway, the package is now updated and works fine on NetBSD. Before
>> committing, I would like appease pkglint, but I do not know how to
>> resolve the first error (without breaking somethings):
>> ERROR: buildlink3.mk:3: Package name mismatch between "iconv" in this
>> file and "libiconv" from Makefile:3.
>
> My idea for migrating this to the correct name is:
>
> 1. Fix the package name in buildlink3.mk, as suggested.
> 2. Replace ".iconv" with ".libiconv" in all packages that depend on it.

could be done, but I think the cure is worse than the disease.   Having
a package iconv when the distfile is libiconv, and it provides a library
with the function iconv, is not really wrong.  And changing names of
packages causes pain.  I would prefer to leave things as they are.