From c4b099e8d3e70e1ac14f1b4175f1067cb89e6694 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: dockes <none@none>
Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 07:52:33 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] added test for iconv parm 2 constness

---
 src/common/autoconfig.h.in |   4 +
 src/configure              | 749 +++++++++++--------------------------
 src/configure.ac           |  14 +-
 src/index/csguess.cpp      |  16 +-
 src/utils/transcode.cpp    |  11 +-
 5 files changed, 249 insertions(+), 545 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/common/autoconfig.h.in b/src/common/autoconfig.h.in
index d0cba546..15fc12e1 100644
--- a/src/common/autoconfig.h.in
+++ b/src/common/autoconfig.h.in
@@ -20,3 +20,7 @@
 
 /* Compile the inotify interface */
 #undef RCL_USE_INOTIFY
+
+/* iconv parameter 2 is const char** */
+#undef RCL_ICONV_INBUF_CONST
+
diff --git a/src/configure b/src/configure
index 5e8982be..7fcc657b 100755
--- a/src/configure
+++ b/src/configure
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ PACKAGE_STRING='Recoll 1.6'
 PACKAGE_BUGREPORT=''
 
 ac_unique_file="index/recollindex.cpp"
-ac_subst_vars='SHELL PATH_SEPARATOR PACKAGE_NAME PACKAGE_TARNAME PACKAGE_VERSION PACKAGE_STRING PACKAGE_BUGREPORT exec_prefix prefix program_transform_name bindir sbindir libexecdir datadir sysconfdir sharedstatedir localstatedir libdir includedir oldincludedir infodir mandir build_alias host_alias target_alias DEFS ECHO_C ECHO_N ECHO_T LIBS aspellProg CC CFLAGS LDFLAGS CPPFLAGS ac_ct_CC EXEEXT OBJEXT XAPIAN_CONFIG QMAKE CPP X_CFLAGS X_PRE_LIBS X_LIBS X_EXTRA_LIBS INCICONV LIBICONV LIBXAPIAN LIBFAM QTGUI QTRECOLL_DATADIR XAPIANCXXFLAGS LIBOBJS LTLIBOBJS'
+ac_subst_vars='SHELL PATH_SEPARATOR PACKAGE_NAME PACKAGE_TARNAME PACKAGE_VERSION PACKAGE_STRING PACKAGE_BUGREPORT exec_prefix prefix program_transform_name bindir sbindir libexecdir datadir sysconfdir sharedstatedir localstatedir libdir includedir oldincludedir infodir mandir build_alias host_alias target_alias DEFS ECHO_C ECHO_N ECHO_T LIBS aspellProg CXX CXXFLAGS LDFLAGS CPPFLAGS ac_ct_CXX EXEEXT OBJEXT XAPIAN_CONFIG QMAKE CXXCPP X_CFLAGS X_PRE_LIBS X_LIBS X_EXTRA_LIBS INCICONV LIBICONV LIBXAPIAN LIBFAM QTGUI QTRECOLL_DATADIR XAPIANCXXFLAGS LIBOBJS LTLIBOBJS'
 ac_subst_files=''
 
 # Initialize some variables set by options.
@@ -713,14 +713,14 @@ ac_env_target_alias_set=${target_alias+set}
 ac_env_target_alias_value=$target_alias
 ac_cv_env_target_alias_set=${target_alias+set}
 ac_cv_env_target_alias_value=$target_alias
-ac_env_CC_set=${CC+set}
-ac_env_CC_value=$CC
-ac_cv_env_CC_set=${CC+set}
-ac_cv_env_CC_value=$CC
-ac_env_CFLAGS_set=${CFLAGS+set}
-ac_env_CFLAGS_value=$CFLAGS
-ac_cv_env_CFLAGS_set=${CFLAGS+set}
-ac_cv_env_CFLAGS_value=$CFLAGS
+ac_env_CXX_set=${CXX+set}
+ac_env_CXX_value=$CXX
+ac_cv_env_CXX_set=${CXX+set}
+ac_cv_env_CXX_value=$CXX
+ac_env_CXXFLAGS_set=${CXXFLAGS+set}
+ac_env_CXXFLAGS_value=$CXXFLAGS
+ac_cv_env_CXXFLAGS_set=${CXXFLAGS+set}
+ac_cv_env_CXXFLAGS_value=$CXXFLAGS
 ac_env_LDFLAGS_set=${LDFLAGS+set}
 ac_env_LDFLAGS_value=$LDFLAGS
 ac_cv_env_LDFLAGS_set=${LDFLAGS+set}
@@ -729,10 +729,10 @@ ac_env_CPPFLAGS_set=${CPPFLAGS+set}
 ac_env_CPPFLAGS_value=$CPPFLAGS
 ac_cv_env_CPPFLAGS_set=${CPPFLAGS+set}
 ac_cv_env_CPPFLAGS_value=$CPPFLAGS
-ac_env_CPP_set=${CPP+set}
-ac_env_CPP_value=$CPP
-ac_cv_env_CPP_set=${CPP+set}
-ac_cv_env_CPP_value=$CPP
+ac_env_CXXCPP_set=${CXXCPP+set}
+ac_env_CXXCPP_value=$CXXCPP
+ac_cv_env_CXXCPP_set=${CXXCPP+set}
+ac_cv_env_CXXCPP_value=$CXXCPP
 
 #
 # Report the --help message.
@@ -820,13 +820,13 @@ Optional Packages:
   --with-x                use the X Window System
 
 Some influential environment variables:
-  CC          C compiler command
-  CFLAGS      C compiler flags
+  CXX         C++ compiler command
+  CXXFLAGS    C++ compiler flags
   LDFLAGS     linker flags, e.g. -L<lib dir> if you have libraries in a
               nonstandard directory <lib dir>
   CPPFLAGS    C/C++ preprocessor flags, e.g. -I<include dir> if you have
               headers in a nonstandard directory <include dir>
-  CPP         C preprocessor
+  CXXCPP      C++ preprocessor
 
 Use these variables to override the choices made by `configure' or to help
 it to find libraries and programs with nonstandard names/locations.
@@ -1485,249 +1485,34 @@ fi
 
 ##### Look for iconv. We first look for libiconv in /usr/local/lib:/usr/lib
 ##    then in libc (Linux, solaris)
-ac_ext=c
-ac_cpp='$CPP $CPPFLAGS'
-ac_compile='$CC -c $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS conftest.$ac_ext >&5'
-ac_link='$CC -o conftest$ac_exeext $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS conftest.$ac_ext $LIBS >&5'
-ac_compiler_gnu=$ac_cv_c_compiler_gnu
+ac_ext=cc
+ac_cpp='$CXXCPP $CPPFLAGS'
+ac_compile='$CXX -c $CXXFLAGS $CPPFLAGS conftest.$ac_ext >&5'
+ac_link='$CXX -o conftest$ac_exeext $CXXFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS conftest.$ac_ext $LIBS >&5'
+ac_compiler_gnu=$ac_cv_cxx_compiler_gnu
 
 LIBICONV=""
 S_LDFLAGS=$LDFLAGS
 dir=/usr/local/lib
 LDFLAGS="$S_LDFLAGS -L$dir"
 unset ac_cv_lib_iconv_iconv_open
-ac_ext=c
-ac_cpp='$CPP $CPPFLAGS'
-ac_compile='$CC -c $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS conftest.$ac_ext >&5'
-ac_link='$CC -o conftest$ac_exeext $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS conftest.$ac_ext $LIBS >&5'
-ac_compiler_gnu=$ac_cv_c_compiler_gnu
+ac_ext=cc
+ac_cpp='$CXXCPP $CPPFLAGS'
+ac_compile='$CXX -c $CXXFLAGS $CPPFLAGS conftest.$ac_ext >&5'
+ac_link='$CXX -o conftest$ac_exeext $CXXFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS conftest.$ac_ext $LIBS >&5'
+ac_compiler_gnu=$ac_cv_cxx_compiler_gnu
 if test -n "$ac_tool_prefix"; then
-  # Extract the first word of "${ac_tool_prefix}gcc", so it can be a program name with args.
-set dummy ${ac_tool_prefix}gcc; ac_word=$2
-echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for $ac_word" >&5
-echo $ECHO_N "checking for $ac_word... $ECHO_C" >&6
-if test "${ac_cv_prog_CC+set}" = set; then
-  echo $ECHO_N "(cached) $ECHO_C" >&6
-else
-  if test -n "$CC"; then
-  ac_cv_prog_CC="$CC" # Let the user override the test.
-else
-as_save_IFS=$IFS; IFS=$PATH_SEPARATOR
-for as_dir in $PATH
-do
-  IFS=$as_save_IFS
-  test -z "$as_dir" && as_dir=.
-  for ac_exec_ext in '' $ac_executable_extensions; do
-  if $as_executable_p "$as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext"; then
-    ac_cv_prog_CC="${ac_tool_prefix}gcc"
-    echo "$as_me:$LINENO: found $as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext" >&5
-    break 2
-  fi
-done
-done
-
-fi
-fi
-CC=$ac_cv_prog_CC
-if test -n "$CC"; then
-  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $CC" >&5
-echo "${ECHO_T}$CC" >&6
-else
-  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: no" >&5
-echo "${ECHO_T}no" >&6
-fi
-
-fi
-if test -z "$ac_cv_prog_CC"; then
-  ac_ct_CC=$CC
-  # Extract the first word of "gcc", so it can be a program name with args.
-set dummy gcc; ac_word=$2
-echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for $ac_word" >&5
-echo $ECHO_N "checking for $ac_word... $ECHO_C" >&6
-if test "${ac_cv_prog_ac_ct_CC+set}" = set; then
-  echo $ECHO_N "(cached) $ECHO_C" >&6
-else
-  if test -n "$ac_ct_CC"; then
-  ac_cv_prog_ac_ct_CC="$ac_ct_CC" # Let the user override the test.
-else
-as_save_IFS=$IFS; IFS=$PATH_SEPARATOR
-for as_dir in $PATH
-do
-  IFS=$as_save_IFS
-  test -z "$as_dir" && as_dir=.
-  for ac_exec_ext in '' $ac_executable_extensions; do
-  if $as_executable_p "$as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext"; then
-    ac_cv_prog_ac_ct_CC="gcc"
-    echo "$as_me:$LINENO: found $as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext" >&5
-    break 2
-  fi
-done
-done
-
-fi
-fi
-ac_ct_CC=$ac_cv_prog_ac_ct_CC
-if test -n "$ac_ct_CC"; then
-  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $ac_ct_CC" >&5
-echo "${ECHO_T}$ac_ct_CC" >&6
-else
-  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: no" >&5
-echo "${ECHO_T}no" >&6
-fi
-
-  CC=$ac_ct_CC
-else
-  CC="$ac_cv_prog_CC"
-fi
-
-if test -z "$CC"; then
-  if test -n "$ac_tool_prefix"; then
-  # Extract the first word of "${ac_tool_prefix}cc", so it can be a program name with args.
-set dummy ${ac_tool_prefix}cc; ac_word=$2
-echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for $ac_word" >&5
-echo $ECHO_N "checking for $ac_word... $ECHO_C" >&6
-if test "${ac_cv_prog_CC+set}" = set; then
-  echo $ECHO_N "(cached) $ECHO_C" >&6
-else
-  if test -n "$CC"; then
-  ac_cv_prog_CC="$CC" # Let the user override the test.
-else
-as_save_IFS=$IFS; IFS=$PATH_SEPARATOR
-for as_dir in $PATH
-do
-  IFS=$as_save_IFS
-  test -z "$as_dir" && as_dir=.
-  for ac_exec_ext in '' $ac_executable_extensions; do
-  if $as_executable_p "$as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext"; then
-    ac_cv_prog_CC="${ac_tool_prefix}cc"
-    echo "$as_me:$LINENO: found $as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext" >&5
-    break 2
-  fi
-done
-done
-
-fi
-fi
-CC=$ac_cv_prog_CC
-if test -n "$CC"; then
-  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $CC" >&5
-echo "${ECHO_T}$CC" >&6
-else
-  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: no" >&5
-echo "${ECHO_T}no" >&6
-fi
-
-fi
-if test -z "$ac_cv_prog_CC"; then
-  ac_ct_CC=$CC
-  # Extract the first word of "cc", so it can be a program name with args.
-set dummy cc; ac_word=$2
-echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for $ac_word" >&5
-echo $ECHO_N "checking for $ac_word... $ECHO_C" >&6
-if test "${ac_cv_prog_ac_ct_CC+set}" = set; then
-  echo $ECHO_N "(cached) $ECHO_C" >&6
-else
-  if test -n "$ac_ct_CC"; then
-  ac_cv_prog_ac_ct_CC="$ac_ct_CC" # Let the user override the test.
-else
-as_save_IFS=$IFS; IFS=$PATH_SEPARATOR
-for as_dir in $PATH
-do
-  IFS=$as_save_IFS
-  test -z "$as_dir" && as_dir=.
-  for ac_exec_ext in '' $ac_executable_extensions; do
-  if $as_executable_p "$as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext"; then
-    ac_cv_prog_ac_ct_CC="cc"
-    echo "$as_me:$LINENO: found $as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext" >&5
-    break 2
-  fi
-done
-done
-
-fi
-fi
-ac_ct_CC=$ac_cv_prog_ac_ct_CC
-if test -n "$ac_ct_CC"; then
-  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $ac_ct_CC" >&5
-echo "${ECHO_T}$ac_ct_CC" >&6
-else
-  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: no" >&5
-echo "${ECHO_T}no" >&6
-fi
-
-  CC=$ac_ct_CC
-else
-  CC="$ac_cv_prog_CC"
-fi
-
-fi
-if test -z "$CC"; then
-  # Extract the first word of "cc", so it can be a program name with args.
-set dummy cc; ac_word=$2
-echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for $ac_word" >&5
-echo $ECHO_N "checking for $ac_word... $ECHO_C" >&6
-if test "${ac_cv_prog_CC+set}" = set; then
-  echo $ECHO_N "(cached) $ECHO_C" >&6
-else
-  if test -n "$CC"; then
-  ac_cv_prog_CC="$CC" # Let the user override the test.
-else
-  ac_prog_rejected=no
-as_save_IFS=$IFS; IFS=$PATH_SEPARATOR
-for as_dir in $PATH
-do
-  IFS=$as_save_IFS
-  test -z "$as_dir" && as_dir=.
-  for ac_exec_ext in '' $ac_executable_extensions; do
-  if $as_executable_p "$as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext"; then
-    if test "$as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext" = "/usr/ucb/cc"; then
-       ac_prog_rejected=yes
-       continue
-     fi
-    ac_cv_prog_CC="cc"
-    echo "$as_me:$LINENO: found $as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext" >&5
-    break 2
-  fi
-done
-done
-
-if test $ac_prog_rejected = yes; then
-  # We found a bogon in the path, so make sure we never use it.
-  set dummy $ac_cv_prog_CC
-  shift
-  if test $# != 0; then
-    # We chose a different compiler from the bogus one.
-    # However, it has the same basename, so the bogon will be chosen
-    # first if we set CC to just the basename; use the full file name.
-    shift
-    ac_cv_prog_CC="$as_dir/$ac_word${1+' '}$@"
-  fi
-fi
-fi
-fi
-CC=$ac_cv_prog_CC
-if test -n "$CC"; then
-  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $CC" >&5
-echo "${ECHO_T}$CC" >&6
-else
-  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: no" >&5
-echo "${ECHO_T}no" >&6
-fi
-
-fi
-if test -z "$CC"; then
-  if test -n "$ac_tool_prefix"; then
-  for ac_prog in cl
+  for ac_prog in $CCC g++ c++ gpp aCC CC cxx cc++ cl FCC KCC RCC xlC_r xlC
   do
     # Extract the first word of "$ac_tool_prefix$ac_prog", so it can be a program name with args.
 set dummy $ac_tool_prefix$ac_prog; ac_word=$2
 echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for $ac_word" >&5
 echo $ECHO_N "checking for $ac_word... $ECHO_C" >&6
-if test "${ac_cv_prog_CC+set}" = set; then
+if test "${ac_cv_prog_CXX+set}" = set; then
   echo $ECHO_N "(cached) $ECHO_C" >&6
 else
-  if test -n "$CC"; then
-  ac_cv_prog_CC="$CC" # Let the user override the test.
+  if test -n "$CXX"; then
+  ac_cv_prog_CXX="$CXX" # Let the user override the test.
 else
 as_save_IFS=$IFS; IFS=$PATH_SEPARATOR
 for as_dir in $PATH
@@ -1736,7 +1521,7 @@ do
   test -z "$as_dir" && as_dir=.
   for ac_exec_ext in '' $ac_executable_extensions; do
   if $as_executable_p "$as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext"; then
-    ac_cv_prog_CC="$ac_tool_prefix$ac_prog"
+    ac_cv_prog_CXX="$ac_tool_prefix$ac_prog"
     echo "$as_me:$LINENO: found $as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext" >&5
     break 2
   fi
@@ -1745,31 +1530,31 @@ done
 
 fi
 fi
-CC=$ac_cv_prog_CC
-if test -n "$CC"; then
-  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $CC" >&5
-echo "${ECHO_T}$CC" >&6
+CXX=$ac_cv_prog_CXX
+if test -n "$CXX"; then
+  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $CXX" >&5
+echo "${ECHO_T}$CXX" >&6
 else
   echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: no" >&5
 echo "${ECHO_T}no" >&6
 fi
 
-    test -n "$CC" && break
+    test -n "$CXX" && break
   done
 fi
-if test -z "$CC"; then
-  ac_ct_CC=$CC
-  for ac_prog in cl
+if test -z "$CXX"; then
+  ac_ct_CXX=$CXX
+  for ac_prog in $CCC g++ c++ gpp aCC CC cxx cc++ cl FCC KCC RCC xlC_r xlC
 do
   # Extract the first word of "$ac_prog", so it can be a program name with args.
 set dummy $ac_prog; ac_word=$2
 echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for $ac_word" >&5
 echo $ECHO_N "checking for $ac_word... $ECHO_C" >&6
-if test "${ac_cv_prog_ac_ct_CC+set}" = set; then
+if test "${ac_cv_prog_ac_ct_CXX+set}" = set; then
   echo $ECHO_N "(cached) $ECHO_C" >&6
 else
-  if test -n "$ac_ct_CC"; then
-  ac_cv_prog_ac_ct_CC="$ac_ct_CC" # Let the user override the test.
+  if test -n "$ac_ct_CXX"; then
+  ac_cv_prog_ac_ct_CXX="$ac_ct_CXX" # Let the user override the test.
 else
 as_save_IFS=$IFS; IFS=$PATH_SEPARATOR
 for as_dir in $PATH
@@ -1778,7 +1563,7 @@ do
   test -z "$as_dir" && as_dir=.
   for ac_exec_ext in '' $ac_executable_extensions; do
   if $as_executable_p "$as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext"; then
-    ac_cv_prog_ac_ct_CC="$ac_prog"
+    ac_cv_prog_ac_ct_CXX="$ac_prog"
     echo "$as_me:$LINENO: found $as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext" >&5
     break 2
   fi
@@ -1787,33 +1572,26 @@ done
 
 fi
 fi
-ac_ct_CC=$ac_cv_prog_ac_ct_CC
-if test -n "$ac_ct_CC"; then
-  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $ac_ct_CC" >&5
-echo "${ECHO_T}$ac_ct_CC" >&6
+ac_ct_CXX=$ac_cv_prog_ac_ct_CXX
+if test -n "$ac_ct_CXX"; then
+  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $ac_ct_CXX" >&5
+echo "${ECHO_T}$ac_ct_CXX" >&6
 else
   echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: no" >&5
 echo "${ECHO_T}no" >&6
 fi
 
-  test -n "$ac_ct_CC" && break
+  test -n "$ac_ct_CXX" && break
 done
+test -n "$ac_ct_CXX" || ac_ct_CXX="g++"
 
-  CC=$ac_ct_CC
+  CXX=$ac_ct_CXX
 fi
 
-fi
-
-
-test -z "$CC" && { { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: error: no acceptable C compiler found in \$PATH
-See \`config.log' for more details." >&5
-echo "$as_me: error: no acceptable C compiler found in \$PATH
-See \`config.log' for more details." >&2;}
-   { (exit 1); exit 1; }; }
 
 # Provide some information about the compiler.
 echo "$as_me:$LINENO:" \
-     "checking for C compiler version" >&5
+     "checking for C++ compiler version" >&5
 ac_compiler=`set X $ac_compile; echo $2`
 { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_compiler --version </dev/null >&5\"") >&5
   (eval $ac_compiler --version </dev/null >&5) 2>&5
@@ -1851,8 +1629,8 @@ ac_clean_files="$ac_clean_files a.out a.exe b.out"
 # Try to create an executable without -o first, disregard a.out.
 # It will help us diagnose broken compilers, and finding out an intuition
 # of exeext.
-echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for C compiler default output file name" >&5
-echo $ECHO_N "checking for C compiler default output file name... $ECHO_C" >&6
+echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for C++ compiler default output file name" >&5
+echo $ECHO_N "checking for C++ compiler default output file name... $ECHO_C" >&6
 ac_link_default=`echo "$ac_link" | sed 's/ -o *conftest[^ ]*//'`
 if { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_link_default\"") >&5
   (eval $ac_link_default) 2>&5
@@ -1895,9 +1673,9 @@ else
   echo "$as_me: failed program was:" >&5
 sed 's/^/| /' conftest.$ac_ext >&5
 
-{ { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: error: C compiler cannot create executables
+{ { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: error: C++ compiler cannot create executables
 See \`config.log' for more details." >&5
-echo "$as_me: error: C compiler cannot create executables
+echo "$as_me: error: C++ compiler cannot create executables
 See \`config.log' for more details." >&2;}
    { (exit 77); exit 77; }; }
 fi
@@ -1908,8 +1686,8 @@ echo "${ECHO_T}$ac_file" >&6
 
 # Check the compiler produces executables we can run.  If not, either
 # the compiler is broken, or we cross compile.
-echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking whether the C compiler works" >&5
-echo $ECHO_N "checking whether the C compiler works... $ECHO_C" >&6
+echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking whether the C++ compiler works" >&5
+echo $ECHO_N "checking whether the C++ compiler works... $ECHO_C" >&6
 # FIXME: These cross compiler hacks should be removed for Autoconf 3.0
 # If not cross compiling, check that we can run a simple program.
 if test "$cross_compiling" != yes; then
@@ -1924,10 +1702,10 @@ if test "$cross_compiling" != yes; then
     if test "$cross_compiling" = maybe; then
 	cross_compiling=yes
     else
-	{ { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: error: cannot run C compiled programs.
+	{ { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: error: cannot run C++ compiled programs.
 If you meant to cross compile, use \`--host'.
 See \`config.log' for more details." >&5
-echo "$as_me: error: cannot run C compiled programs.
+echo "$as_me: error: cannot run C++ compiled programs.
 If you meant to cross compile, use \`--host'.
 See \`config.log' for more details." >&2;}
    { (exit 1); exit 1; }; }
@@ -2032,9 +1810,9 @@ echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $ac_cv_objext" >&5
 echo "${ECHO_T}$ac_cv_objext" >&6
 OBJEXT=$ac_cv_objext
 ac_objext=$OBJEXT
-echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler" >&5
-echo $ECHO_N "checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... $ECHO_C" >&6
-if test "${ac_cv_c_compiler_gnu+set}" = set; then
+echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler" >&5
+echo $ECHO_N "checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... $ECHO_C" >&6
+if test "${ac_cv_cxx_compiler_gnu+set}" = set; then
   echo $ECHO_N "(cached) $ECHO_C" >&6
 else
   cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
@@ -2064,7 +1842,7 @@ if { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_compile\"") >&5
   cat conftest.err >&5
   echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
   (exit $ac_status); } &&
-	 { ac_try='test -z "$ac_c_werror_flag"
+	 { ac_try='test -z "$ac_cxx_werror_flag"
 			 || test ! -s conftest.err'
   { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_try\"") >&5
   (eval $ac_try) 2>&5
@@ -2085,18 +1863,18 @@ sed 's/^/| /' conftest.$ac_ext >&5
 ac_compiler_gnu=no
 fi
 rm -f conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext conftest.$ac_ext
-ac_cv_c_compiler_gnu=$ac_compiler_gnu
+ac_cv_cxx_compiler_gnu=$ac_compiler_gnu
 
 fi
-echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $ac_cv_c_compiler_gnu" >&5
-echo "${ECHO_T}$ac_cv_c_compiler_gnu" >&6
-GCC=`test $ac_compiler_gnu = yes && echo yes`
-ac_test_CFLAGS=${CFLAGS+set}
-ac_save_CFLAGS=$CFLAGS
-CFLAGS="-g"
-echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking whether $CC accepts -g" >&5
-echo $ECHO_N "checking whether $CC accepts -g... $ECHO_C" >&6
-if test "${ac_cv_prog_cc_g+set}" = set; then
+echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $ac_cv_cxx_compiler_gnu" >&5
+echo "${ECHO_T}$ac_cv_cxx_compiler_gnu" >&6
+GXX=`test $ac_compiler_gnu = yes && echo yes`
+ac_test_CXXFLAGS=${CXXFLAGS+set}
+ac_save_CXXFLAGS=$CXXFLAGS
+CXXFLAGS="-g"
+echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking whether $CXX accepts -g" >&5
+echo $ECHO_N "checking whether $CXX accepts -g... $ECHO_C" >&6
+if test "${ac_cv_prog_cxx_g+set}" = set; then
   echo $ECHO_N "(cached) $ECHO_C" >&6
 else
   cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
@@ -2123,7 +1901,7 @@ if { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_compile\"") >&5
   cat conftest.err >&5
   echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
   (exit $ac_status); } &&
-	 { ac_try='test -z "$ac_c_werror_flag"
+	 { ac_try='test -z "$ac_cxx_werror_flag"
 			 || test ! -s conftest.err'
   { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_try\"") >&5
   (eval $ac_try) 2>&5
@@ -2136,179 +1914,33 @@ if { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_compile\"") >&5
   ac_status=$?
   echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
   (exit $ac_status); }; }; then
-  ac_cv_prog_cc_g=yes
+  ac_cv_prog_cxx_g=yes
 else
   echo "$as_me: failed program was:" >&5
 sed 's/^/| /' conftest.$ac_ext >&5
 
-ac_cv_prog_cc_g=no
+ac_cv_prog_cxx_g=no
 fi
 rm -f conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext conftest.$ac_ext
 fi
-echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $ac_cv_prog_cc_g" >&5
-echo "${ECHO_T}$ac_cv_prog_cc_g" >&6
-if test "$ac_test_CFLAGS" = set; then
-  CFLAGS=$ac_save_CFLAGS
-elif test $ac_cv_prog_cc_g = yes; then
-  if test "$GCC" = yes; then
-    CFLAGS="-g -O2"
+echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $ac_cv_prog_cxx_g" >&5
+echo "${ECHO_T}$ac_cv_prog_cxx_g" >&6
+if test "$ac_test_CXXFLAGS" = set; then
+  CXXFLAGS=$ac_save_CXXFLAGS
+elif test $ac_cv_prog_cxx_g = yes; then
+  if test "$GXX" = yes; then
+    CXXFLAGS="-g -O2"
   else
-    CFLAGS="-g"
+    CXXFLAGS="-g"
   fi
 else
-  if test "$GCC" = yes; then
-    CFLAGS="-O2"
+  if test "$GXX" = yes; then
+    CXXFLAGS="-O2"
   else
-    CFLAGS=
+    CXXFLAGS=
   fi
 fi
-echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for $CC option to accept ANSI C" >&5
-echo $ECHO_N "checking for $CC option to accept ANSI C... $ECHO_C" >&6
-if test "${ac_cv_prog_cc_stdc+set}" = set; then
-  echo $ECHO_N "(cached) $ECHO_C" >&6
-else
-  ac_cv_prog_cc_stdc=no
-ac_save_CC=$CC
-cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
-/* confdefs.h.  */
-_ACEOF
-cat confdefs.h >>conftest.$ac_ext
-cat >>conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
-/* end confdefs.h.  */
-#include <stdarg.h>
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <sys/types.h>
-#include <sys/stat.h>
-/* Most of the following tests are stolen from RCS 5.7's src/conf.sh.  */
-struct buf { int x; };
-FILE * (*rcsopen) (struct buf *, struct stat *, int);
-static char *e (p, i)
-     char **p;
-     int i;
-{
-  return p[i];
-}
-static char *f (char * (*g) (char **, int), char **p, ...)
-{
-  char *s;
-  va_list v;
-  va_start (v,p);
-  s = g (p, va_arg (v,int));
-  va_end (v);
-  return s;
-}
-
-/* OSF 4.0 Compaq cc is some sort of almost-ANSI by default.  It has
-   function prototypes and stuff, but not '\xHH' hex character constants.
-   These don't provoke an error unfortunately, instead are silently treated
-   as 'x'.  The following induces an error, until -std1 is added to get
-   proper ANSI mode.  Curiously '\x00'!='x' always comes out true, for an
-   array size at least.  It's necessary to write '\x00'==0 to get something
-   that's true only with -std1.  */
-int osf4_cc_array ['\x00' == 0 ? 1 : -1];
-
-int test (int i, double x);
-struct s1 {int (*f) (int a);};
-struct s2 {int (*f) (double a);};
-int pairnames (int, char **, FILE *(*)(struct buf *, struct stat *, int), int, int);
-int argc;
-char **argv;
-int
-main ()
-{
-return f (e, argv, 0) != argv[0]  ||  f (e, argv, 1) != argv[1];
-  ;
-  return 0;
-}
-_ACEOF
-# Don't try gcc -ansi; that turns off useful extensions and
-# breaks some systems' header files.
-# AIX			-qlanglvl=ansi
-# Ultrix and OSF/1	-std1
-# HP-UX 10.20 and later	-Ae
-# HP-UX older versions	-Aa -D_HPUX_SOURCE
-# SVR4			-Xc -D__EXTENSIONS__
-for ac_arg in "" -qlanglvl=ansi -std1 -Ae "-Aa -D_HPUX_SOURCE" "-Xc -D__EXTENSIONS__"
-do
-  CC="$ac_save_CC $ac_arg"
-  rm -f conftest.$ac_objext
-if { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_compile\"") >&5
-  (eval $ac_compile) 2>conftest.er1
-  ac_status=$?
-  grep -v '^ *+' conftest.er1 >conftest.err
-  rm -f conftest.er1
-  cat conftest.err >&5
-  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
-  (exit $ac_status); } &&
-	 { ac_try='test -z "$ac_c_werror_flag"
-			 || test ! -s conftest.err'
-  { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_try\"") >&5
-  (eval $ac_try) 2>&5
-  ac_status=$?
-  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
-  (exit $ac_status); }; } &&
-	 { ac_try='test -s conftest.$ac_objext'
-  { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_try\"") >&5
-  (eval $ac_try) 2>&5
-  ac_status=$?
-  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
-  (exit $ac_status); }; }; then
-  ac_cv_prog_cc_stdc=$ac_arg
-break
-else
-  echo "$as_me: failed program was:" >&5
-sed 's/^/| /' conftest.$ac_ext >&5
-
-fi
-rm -f conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext
-done
-rm -f conftest.$ac_ext conftest.$ac_objext
-CC=$ac_save_CC
-
-fi
-
-case "x$ac_cv_prog_cc_stdc" in
-  x|xno)
-    echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: none needed" >&5
-echo "${ECHO_T}none needed" >&6 ;;
-  *)
-    echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $ac_cv_prog_cc_stdc" >&5
-echo "${ECHO_T}$ac_cv_prog_cc_stdc" >&6
-    CC="$CC $ac_cv_prog_cc_stdc" ;;
-esac
-
-# Some people use a C++ compiler to compile C.  Since we use `exit',
-# in C++ we need to declare it.  In case someone uses the same compiler
-# for both compiling C and C++ we need to have the C++ compiler decide
-# the declaration of exit, since it's the most demanding environment.
-cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
-#ifndef __cplusplus
-  choke me
-#endif
-_ACEOF
-rm -f conftest.$ac_objext
-if { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_compile\"") >&5
-  (eval $ac_compile) 2>conftest.er1
-  ac_status=$?
-  grep -v '^ *+' conftest.er1 >conftest.err
-  rm -f conftest.er1
-  cat conftest.err >&5
-  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
-  (exit $ac_status); } &&
-	 { ac_try='test -z "$ac_c_werror_flag"
-			 || test ! -s conftest.err'
-  { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_try\"") >&5
-  (eval $ac_try) 2>&5
-  ac_status=$?
-  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
-  (exit $ac_status); }; } &&
-	 { ac_try='test -s conftest.$ac_objext'
-  { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_try\"") >&5
-  (eval $ac_try) 2>&5
-  ac_status=$?
-  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
-  (exit $ac_status); }; }; then
-  for ac_declaration in \
+for ac_declaration in \
    '' \
    'extern "C" void std::exit (int) throw (); using std::exit;' \
    'extern "C" void std::exit (int); using std::exit;' \
@@ -2341,7 +1973,7 @@ if { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_compile\"") >&5
   cat conftest.err >&5
   echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
   (exit $ac_status); } &&
-	 { ac_try='test -z "$ac_c_werror_flag"
+	 { ac_try='test -z "$ac_cxx_werror_flag"
 			 || test ! -s conftest.err'
   { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_try\"") >&5
   (eval $ac_try) 2>&5
@@ -2386,7 +2018,7 @@ if { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_compile\"") >&5
   cat conftest.err >&5
   echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
   (exit $ac_status); } &&
-	 { ac_try='test -z "$ac_c_werror_flag"
+	 { ac_try='test -z "$ac_cxx_werror_flag"
 			 || test ! -s conftest.err'
   { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_try\"") >&5
   (eval $ac_try) 2>&5
@@ -2414,17 +2046,11 @@ if test -n "$ac_declaration"; then
   echo '#endif'             >>confdefs.h
 fi
 
-else
-  echo "$as_me: failed program was:" >&5
-sed 's/^/| /' conftest.$ac_ext >&5
-
-fi
-rm -f conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext conftest.$ac_ext
-ac_ext=c
-ac_cpp='$CPP $CPPFLAGS'
-ac_compile='$CC -c $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS conftest.$ac_ext >&5'
-ac_link='$CC -o conftest$ac_exeext $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS conftest.$ac_ext $LIBS >&5'
-ac_compiler_gnu=$ac_cv_c_compiler_gnu
+ac_ext=cc
+ac_cpp='$CXXCPP $CPPFLAGS'
+ac_compile='$CXX -c $CXXFLAGS $CPPFLAGS conftest.$ac_ext >&5'
+ac_link='$CXX -o conftest$ac_exeext $CXXFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS conftest.$ac_ext $LIBS >&5'
+ac_compiler_gnu=$ac_cv_cxx_compiler_gnu
 
 
 echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for iconv_open in -liconv" >&5
@@ -2465,7 +2091,7 @@ if { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_link\"") >&5
   cat conftest.err >&5
   echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
   (exit $ac_status); } &&
-	 { ac_try='test -z "$ac_c_werror_flag"
+	 { ac_try='test -z "$ac_cxx_werror_flag"
 			 || test ! -s conftest.err'
   { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_try\"") >&5
   (eval $ac_try) 2>&5
@@ -2537,7 +2163,7 @@ if { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_link\"") >&5
   cat conftest.err >&5
   echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
   (exit $ac_status); } &&
-	 { ac_try='test -z "$ac_c_werror_flag"
+	 { ac_try='test -z "$ac_cxx_werror_flag"
 			 || test ! -s conftest.err'
   { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_try\"") >&5
   (eval $ac_try) 2>&5
@@ -2609,7 +2235,7 @@ if { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_link\"") >&5
   cat conftest.err >&5
   echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
   (exit $ac_status); } &&
-	 { ac_try='test -z "$ac_c_werror_flag"
+	 { ac_try='test -z "$ac_cxx_werror_flag"
 			 || test ! -s conftest.err'
   { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_try\"") >&5
   (eval $ac_try) 2>&5
@@ -2654,6 +2280,71 @@ fi
 #echo LIBICONV $LIBICONV
 #echo INCICONV $INCICONV
 
+CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS $INCICONV"
+echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for type of inbuf parameter to iconv" >&5
+echo $ECHO_N "checking for type of inbuf parameter to iconv... $ECHO_C" >&6
+if test "x$rcl_iconv_inbuf_const" = "x"; then
+   cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
+/* confdefs.h.  */
+_ACEOF
+cat confdefs.h >>conftest.$ac_ext
+cat >>conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
+/* end confdefs.h.  */
+
+       #include <stddef.h>
+       #include <iconv.h>
+
+int
+main ()
+{
+
+       iconv(0,(const char **)0,(size_t *)0,(char **)0,(size_t *)0);
+
+  ;
+  return 0;
+}
+_ACEOF
+rm -f conftest.$ac_objext
+if { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_compile\"") >&5
+  (eval $ac_compile) 2>conftest.er1
+  ac_status=$?
+  grep -v '^ *+' conftest.er1 >conftest.err
+  rm -f conftest.er1
+  cat conftest.err >&5
+  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+  (exit $ac_status); } &&
+	 { ac_try='test -z "$ac_cxx_werror_flag"
+			 || test ! -s conftest.err'
+  { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_try\"") >&5
+  (eval $ac_try) 2>&5
+  ac_status=$?
+  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+  (exit $ac_status); }; } &&
+	 { ac_try='test -s conftest.$ac_objext'
+  { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_try\"") >&5
+  (eval $ac_try) 2>&5
+  ac_status=$?
+  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+  (exit $ac_status); }; }; then
+  rcl_iconv_inbuf_const="1"
+else
+  echo "$as_me: failed program was:" >&5
+sed 's/^/| /' conftest.$ac_ext >&5
+
+rcl_iconv_inbuf_const="0"
+fi
+rm -f conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext conftest.$ac_ext
+fi
+if test X$rcl_iconv_inbuf_const = X1 ; then
+
+cat >>confdefs.h <<\_ACEOF
+#define RCL_ICONV_INBUF_CONST 1
+_ACEOF
+
+fi
+
+echo   rcl_iconv_inbuf_const $rcl_iconv_inbuf_const
+
 #### Look for Xapian
 # Extract the first word of "xapian-config", so it can be a program name with args.
 set dummy xapian-config; ac_word=$2
@@ -2842,26 +2533,22 @@ cd ..
 ##################### End QT detection
 
 ### X11: this is needed for the session monitoring code (in recollindex -m)
-ac_ext=c
-ac_cpp='$CPP $CPPFLAGS'
-ac_compile='$CC -c $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS conftest.$ac_ext >&5'
-ac_link='$CC -o conftest$ac_exeext $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS conftest.$ac_ext $LIBS >&5'
-ac_compiler_gnu=$ac_cv_c_compiler_gnu
-echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking how to run the C preprocessor" >&5
-echo $ECHO_N "checking how to run the C preprocessor... $ECHO_C" >&6
-# On Suns, sometimes $CPP names a directory.
-if test -n "$CPP" && test -d "$CPP"; then
-  CPP=
-fi
-if test -z "$CPP"; then
-  if test "${ac_cv_prog_CPP+set}" = set; then
+ac_ext=cc
+ac_cpp='$CXXCPP $CPPFLAGS'
+ac_compile='$CXX -c $CXXFLAGS $CPPFLAGS conftest.$ac_ext >&5'
+ac_link='$CXX -o conftest$ac_exeext $CXXFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS conftest.$ac_ext $LIBS >&5'
+ac_compiler_gnu=$ac_cv_cxx_compiler_gnu
+echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking how to run the C++ preprocessor" >&5
+echo $ECHO_N "checking how to run the C++ preprocessor... $ECHO_C" >&6
+if test -z "$CXXCPP"; then
+  if test "${ac_cv_prog_CXXCPP+set}" = set; then
   echo $ECHO_N "(cached) $ECHO_C" >&6
 else
-      # Double quotes because CPP needs to be expanded
-    for CPP in "$CC -E" "$CC -E -traditional-cpp" "/lib/cpp"
+      # Double quotes because CXXCPP needs to be expanded
+    for CXXCPP in "$CXX -E" "/lib/cpp"
     do
       ac_preproc_ok=false
-for ac_c_preproc_warn_flag in '' yes
+for ac_cxx_preproc_warn_flag in '' yes
 do
   # Use a header file that comes with gcc, so configuring glibc
   # with a fresh cross-compiler works.
@@ -2891,8 +2578,8 @@ if { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_cpp conftest.$ac_ext\"") >&5
   echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
   (exit $ac_status); } >/dev/null; then
   if test -s conftest.err; then
-    ac_cpp_err=$ac_c_preproc_warn_flag
-    ac_cpp_err=$ac_cpp_err$ac_c_werror_flag
+    ac_cpp_err=$ac_cxx_preproc_warn_flag
+    ac_cpp_err=$ac_cpp_err$ac_cxx_werror_flag
   else
     ac_cpp_err=
   fi
@@ -2929,8 +2616,8 @@ if { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_cpp conftest.$ac_ext\"") >&5
   echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
   (exit $ac_status); } >/dev/null; then
   if test -s conftest.err; then
-    ac_cpp_err=$ac_c_preproc_warn_flag
-    ac_cpp_err=$ac_cpp_err$ac_c_werror_flag
+    ac_cpp_err=$ac_cxx_preproc_warn_flag
+    ac_cpp_err=$ac_cpp_err$ac_cxx_werror_flag
   else
     ac_cpp_err=
   fi
@@ -2958,17 +2645,17 @@ if $ac_preproc_ok; then
 fi
 
     done
-    ac_cv_prog_CPP=$CPP
+    ac_cv_prog_CXXCPP=$CXXCPP
 
 fi
-  CPP=$ac_cv_prog_CPP
+  CXXCPP=$ac_cv_prog_CXXCPP
 else
-  ac_cv_prog_CPP=$CPP
+  ac_cv_prog_CXXCPP=$CXXCPP
 fi
-echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $CPP" >&5
-echo "${ECHO_T}$CPP" >&6
+echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $CXXCPP" >&5
+echo "${ECHO_T}$CXXCPP" >&6
 ac_preproc_ok=false
-for ac_c_preproc_warn_flag in '' yes
+for ac_cxx_preproc_warn_flag in '' yes
 do
   # Use a header file that comes with gcc, so configuring glibc
   # with a fresh cross-compiler works.
@@ -2998,8 +2685,8 @@ if { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_cpp conftest.$ac_ext\"") >&5
   echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
   (exit $ac_status); } >/dev/null; then
   if test -s conftest.err; then
-    ac_cpp_err=$ac_c_preproc_warn_flag
-    ac_cpp_err=$ac_cpp_err$ac_c_werror_flag
+    ac_cpp_err=$ac_cxx_preproc_warn_flag
+    ac_cpp_err=$ac_cpp_err$ac_cxx_werror_flag
   else
     ac_cpp_err=
   fi
@@ -3036,8 +2723,8 @@ if { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_cpp conftest.$ac_ext\"") >&5
   echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
   (exit $ac_status); } >/dev/null; then
   if test -s conftest.err; then
-    ac_cpp_err=$ac_c_preproc_warn_flag
-    ac_cpp_err=$ac_cpp_err$ac_c_werror_flag
+    ac_cpp_err=$ac_cxx_preproc_warn_flag
+    ac_cpp_err=$ac_cpp_err$ac_cxx_werror_flag
   else
     ac_cpp_err=
   fi
@@ -3063,18 +2750,18 @@ rm -f conftest.err conftest.$ac_ext
 if $ac_preproc_ok; then
   :
 else
-  { { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: error: C preprocessor \"$CPP\" fails sanity check
+  { { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: error: C++ preprocessor \"$CXXCPP\" fails sanity check
 See \`config.log' for more details." >&5
-echo "$as_me: error: C preprocessor \"$CPP\" fails sanity check
+echo "$as_me: error: C++ preprocessor \"$CXXCPP\" fails sanity check
 See \`config.log' for more details." >&2;}
    { (exit 1); exit 1; }; }
 fi
 
-ac_ext=c
-ac_cpp='$CPP $CPPFLAGS'
-ac_compile='$CC -c $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS conftest.$ac_ext >&5'
-ac_link='$CC -o conftest$ac_exeext $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS conftest.$ac_ext $LIBS >&5'
-ac_compiler_gnu=$ac_cv_c_compiler_gnu
+ac_ext=cc
+ac_cpp='$CXXCPP $CPPFLAGS'
+ac_compile='$CXX -c $CXXFLAGS $CPPFLAGS conftest.$ac_ext >&5'
+ac_link='$CXX -o conftest$ac_exeext $CXXFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS conftest.$ac_ext $LIBS >&5'
+ac_compiler_gnu=$ac_cv_cxx_compiler_gnu
 
 
 echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for X" >&5
@@ -3191,8 +2878,8 @@ if { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_cpp conftest.$ac_ext\"") >&5
   echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
   (exit $ac_status); } >/dev/null; then
   if test -s conftest.err; then
-    ac_cpp_err=$ac_c_preproc_warn_flag
-    ac_cpp_err=$ac_cpp_err$ac_c_werror_flag
+    ac_cpp_err=$ac_cxx_preproc_warn_flag
+    ac_cpp_err=$ac_cpp_err$ac_cxx_werror_flag
   else
     ac_cpp_err=
   fi
@@ -3246,7 +2933,7 @@ if { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_link\"") >&5
   cat conftest.err >&5
   echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
   (exit $ac_status); } &&
-	 { ac_try='test -z "$ac_c_werror_flag"
+	 { ac_try='test -z "$ac_cxx_werror_flag"
 			 || test ! -s conftest.err'
   { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_try\"") >&5
   (eval $ac_try) 2>&5
@@ -3358,7 +3045,7 @@ if { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_link\"") >&5
   cat conftest.err >&5
   echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
   (exit $ac_status); } &&
-	 { ac_try='test -z "$ac_c_werror_flag"
+	 { ac_try='test -z "$ac_cxx_werror_flag"
 			 || test ! -s conftest.err'
   { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_try\"") >&5
   (eval $ac_try) 2>&5
@@ -3410,7 +3097,7 @@ if { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_link\"") >&5
   cat conftest.err >&5
   echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
   (exit $ac_status); } &&
-	 { ac_try='test -z "$ac_c_werror_flag"
+	 { ac_try='test -z "$ac_cxx_werror_flag"
 			 || test ! -s conftest.err'
   { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_try\"") >&5
   (eval $ac_try) 2>&5
@@ -3487,7 +3174,7 @@ if { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_link\"") >&5
   cat conftest.err >&5
   echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
   (exit $ac_status); } &&
-	 { ac_try='test -z "$ac_c_werror_flag"
+	 { ac_try='test -z "$ac_cxx_werror_flag"
 			 || test ! -s conftest.err'
   { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_try\"") >&5
   (eval $ac_try) 2>&5
@@ -3543,7 +3230,7 @@ if { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_link\"") >&5
   cat conftest.err >&5
   echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
   (exit $ac_status); } &&
-	 { ac_try='test -z "$ac_c_werror_flag"
+	 { ac_try='test -z "$ac_cxx_werror_flag"
 			 || test ! -s conftest.err'
   { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_try\"") >&5
   (eval $ac_try) 2>&5
@@ -3612,7 +3299,7 @@ if { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_link\"") >&5
   cat conftest.err >&5
   echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
   (exit $ac_status); } &&
-	 { ac_try='test -z "$ac_c_werror_flag"
+	 { ac_try='test -z "$ac_cxx_werror_flag"
 			 || test ! -s conftest.err'
   { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_try\"") >&5
   (eval $ac_try) 2>&5
@@ -3721,7 +3408,7 @@ if { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_link\"") >&5
   cat conftest.err >&5
   echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
   (exit $ac_status); } &&
-	 { ac_try='test -z "$ac_c_werror_flag"
+	 { ac_try='test -z "$ac_cxx_werror_flag"
 			 || test ! -s conftest.err'
   { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_try\"") >&5
   (eval $ac_try) 2>&5
@@ -3786,7 +3473,7 @@ if { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_link\"") >&5
   cat conftest.err >&5
   echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
   (exit $ac_status); } &&
-	 { ac_try='test -z "$ac_c_werror_flag"
+	 { ac_try='test -z "$ac_cxx_werror_flag"
 			 || test ! -s conftest.err'
   { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_try\"") >&5
   (eval $ac_try) 2>&5
@@ -3855,7 +3542,7 @@ if { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_link\"") >&5
   cat conftest.err >&5
   echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
   (exit $ac_status); } &&
-	 { ac_try='test -z "$ac_c_werror_flag"
+	 { ac_try='test -z "$ac_cxx_werror_flag"
 			 || test ! -s conftest.err'
   { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_try\"") >&5
   (eval $ac_try) 2>&5
@@ -3960,7 +3647,7 @@ if { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_link\"") >&5
   cat conftest.err >&5
   echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
   (exit $ac_status); } &&
-	 { ac_try='test -z "$ac_c_werror_flag"
+	 { ac_try='test -z "$ac_cxx_werror_flag"
 			 || test ! -s conftest.err'
   { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_try\"") >&5
   (eval $ac_try) 2>&5
@@ -4025,7 +3712,7 @@ if { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_link\"") >&5
   cat conftest.err >&5
   echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
   (exit $ac_status); } &&
-	 { ac_try='test -z "$ac_c_werror_flag"
+	 { ac_try='test -z "$ac_cxx_werror_flag"
 			 || test ! -s conftest.err'
   { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_try\"") >&5
   (eval $ac_try) 2>&5
@@ -4123,7 +3810,7 @@ if { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_link\"") >&5
   cat conftest.err >&5
   echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
   (exit $ac_status); } &&
-	 { ac_try='test -z "$ac_c_werror_flag"
+	 { ac_try='test -z "$ac_cxx_werror_flag"
 			 || test ! -s conftest.err'
   { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_try\"") >&5
   (eval $ac_try) 2>&5
@@ -4188,7 +3875,7 @@ if { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_link\"") >&5
   cat conftest.err >&5
   echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
   (exit $ac_status); } &&
-	 { ac_try='test -z "$ac_c_werror_flag"
+	 { ac_try='test -z "$ac_cxx_werror_flag"
 			 || test ! -s conftest.err'
   { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_try\"") >&5
   (eval $ac_try) 2>&5
@@ -4286,7 +3973,7 @@ if { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_link\"") >&5
   cat conftest.err >&5
   echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
   (exit $ac_status); } &&
-	 { ac_try='test -z "$ac_c_werror_flag"
+	 { ac_try='test -z "$ac_cxx_werror_flag"
 			 || test ! -s conftest.err'
   { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_try\"") >&5
   (eval $ac_try) 2>&5
@@ -4351,7 +4038,7 @@ if { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_link\"") >&5
   cat conftest.err >&5
   echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
   (exit $ac_status); } &&
-	 { ac_try='test -z "$ac_c_werror_flag"
+	 { ac_try='test -z "$ac_cxx_werror_flag"
 			 || test ! -s conftest.err'
   { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_try\"") >&5
   (eval $ac_try) 2>&5
@@ -4431,7 +4118,7 @@ if { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_link\"") >&5
   cat conftest.err >&5
   echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
   (exit $ac_status); } &&
-	 { ac_try='test -z "$ac_c_werror_flag"
+	 { ac_try='test -z "$ac_cxx_werror_flag"
 			 || test ! -s conftest.err'
   { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_try\"") >&5
   (eval $ac_try) 2>&5
@@ -5123,16 +4810,16 @@ s,@ECHO_N@,$ECHO_N,;t t
 s,@ECHO_T@,$ECHO_T,;t t
 s,@LIBS@,$LIBS,;t t
 s,@aspellProg@,$aspellProg,;t t
-s,@CC@,$CC,;t t
-s,@CFLAGS@,$CFLAGS,;t t
+s,@CXX@,$CXX,;t t
+s,@CXXFLAGS@,$CXXFLAGS,;t t
 s,@LDFLAGS@,$LDFLAGS,;t t
 s,@CPPFLAGS@,$CPPFLAGS,;t t
-s,@ac_ct_CC@,$ac_ct_CC,;t t
+s,@ac_ct_CXX@,$ac_ct_CXX,;t t
 s,@EXEEXT@,$EXEEXT,;t t
 s,@OBJEXT@,$OBJEXT,;t t
 s,@XAPIAN_CONFIG@,$XAPIAN_CONFIG,;t t
 s,@QMAKE@,$QMAKE,;t t
-s,@CPP@,$CPP,;t t
+s,@CXXCPP@,$CXXCPP,;t t
 s,@X_CFLAGS@,$X_CFLAGS,;t t
 s,@X_PRE_LIBS@,$X_PRE_LIBS,;t t
 s,@X_LIBS@,$X_LIBS,;t t
diff --git a/src/configure.ac b/src/configure.ac
index eaa4eb39..c781840d 100644
--- a/src/configure.ac
+++ b/src/configure.ac
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ fi
 
 ##### Look for iconv. We first look for libiconv in /usr/local/lib:/usr/lib
 ##    then in libc (Linux, solaris)
-AC_LANG(C)
+AC_LANG(C++)
 LIBICONV=""
 S_LDFLAGS=$LDFLAGS
 dir=/usr/local/lib
@@ -143,6 +143,18 @@ fi
 #echo LIBICONV $LIBICONV
 #echo INCICONV $INCICONV
 
+CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS $INCICONV"
+AC_MSG_CHECKING(for type of inbuf parameter to iconv)
+AC_TRY_COMPILE([
+    #include <stddef.h>
+    #include <iconv.h>
+  ],[
+    iconv(0,(const char **)0,(size_t *)0,(char **)0,(size_t *)0);
+  ], rcl_iconv_inbuf_const="1", rcl_iconv_inbuf_const="0")
+if test X$rcl_iconv_inbuf_const = X1 ; then
+  AC_DEFINE(RCL_ICONV_INBUF_CONST, 1, [iconv parameter 2 is const char**])
+fi
+
 #### Look for Xapian
 AC_PATH_PROG(XAPIAN_CONFIG, xapian-config, no)
 if test "$XAPIAN_CONFIG" = "no" ; then
diff --git a/src/index/csguess.cpp b/src/index/csguess.cpp
index 6284e732..169e979e 100644
--- a/src/index/csguess.cpp
+++ b/src/index/csguess.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #ifndef lint
-static char	rcsid[] = "@(#$Id: csguess.cpp,v 1.5 2006-01-23 13:32:28 dockes Exp $ (C) 2004 J.F.Dockes";
+static char	rcsid[] = "@(#$Id: csguess.cpp,v 1.6 2007-06-19 07:52:33 dockes Exp $ (C) 2004 J.F.Dockes";
 #endif
 /*
  *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
@@ -51,6 +51,12 @@ using std::string;
 #include <iconv.h>
 
 #include "csguess.h"
+#include "autoconfig.h"
+#ifdef RCL_ICONV_INBUF_CONST
+#define ICV_P2_TYPE const char**
+#else
+#define ICV_P2_TYPE char**
+#endif
 
 // The values from estraier were 32768, 256, 0.001
 const int ICONVCHECKSIZ = 32768;
@@ -73,13 +79,7 @@ static int transcodeErrCnt(const char *ptr, int size,
     while(isiz > 0){
 	osiz = 2*ICONVCHECKSIZ;
 	wp = obuf;
-	if(iconv(ic, 
-#if defined(_LIBICONV_VERSION)
-		 (const char **)&rp, 
-#else
-		 (char **)&rp, 
-#endif
-		 &isiz, &wp, &osiz) == (size_t)-1){
+	if(iconv(ic, (ICV_P2_TYPE)&rp, &isiz, &wp, &osiz) == (size_t)-1){
 	    if(errno == EILSEQ || errno == EINVAL){
 		rp++;
 		isiz--;
diff --git a/src/utils/transcode.cpp b/src/utils/transcode.cpp
index c4bac5e4..8f7ffe2f 100644
--- a/src/utils/transcode.cpp
+++ b/src/utils/transcode.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #ifndef lint
-static char	rcsid[] = "@(#$Id: transcode.cpp,v 1.10 2007-05-30 12:31:19 dockes Exp $ (C) 2004 J.F.Dockes";
+static char	rcsid[] = "@(#$Id: transcode.cpp,v 1.11 2007-06-19 07:52:33 dockes Exp $ (C) 2004 J.F.Dockes";
 #endif
 /*
  *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
@@ -32,11 +32,12 @@ using std::string;
 
 #include "transcode.h"
 #include "debuglog.h"
+#include "autoconfig.h"
 
-#if !defined(_LIBICONV_VERSION)
-#define CHARPP (char **)
+#ifdef RCL_ICONV_INBUF_CONST
+#define ICV_P2_TYPE const char**
 #else
-#define CHARPP
+#define ICV_P2_TYPE char**
 #endif
 
 bool transcode(const string &in, string &out, const string &icode,
@@ -66,7 +67,7 @@ bool transcode(const string &in, string &out, const string &icode,
 	osiz = OBSIZ;
 	int isiz0=isiz;
 
-	if(iconv(ic, CHARPP&ip, &isiz, &op, &osiz) == (size_t)-1 && 
+	if(iconv(ic, (ICV_P2_TYPE)&ip, &isiz, &op, &osiz) == (size_t)-1 && 
 	   errno != E2BIG) {
 #if 0
 	    out.erase();