w32 installation paths // iconv.dll

[vedaal at hush.com]

Maxine Brandt torduninja at netcourrier.com  Wed Nov 17 21:19:08 
CET 2004  wrote:


>>it is only used for translation and for converting user IDs and
>> such.  It is only important to use when you are creating a new 
user
>> ID with non-ascii characters from a non Latin-1 code pages.

>This doesn't seem to be the case.  My tests of running 1.3.92 on a 
>floppy without the iconv.dll on the machine or the floppy showed 
that >gpg couldn't access the key rings, and logically couldn't 
encrypt or >decrypt anything.

>Any command which involves access to the key rings gives the error 
>message
>gpg: error loading 'iconv.dll' ec:126
>and then gpg stops.

as gpg to go on a floppy
is a very worthwile endeavor,
and *very* useful,

could there be an option to
avoid calling the iconv.dll ?

(under 'expert', if felt more appropriate)
that would allow gnupg to continue the operations
that don't really require the iconv.dll


vedaal




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