This page explains some common code changes often necessary to make Unix software work properly on OS/2. These changes are mainly related to various components shared among Unix programs. These changes are tracked here since we don't normally push upstream and hence we should apply them in each new project that we port and that uses these components.

== Common tasks ==

=== Fix POTFILES generation ===

The fix is applied to `po.m4` that creates rules for `POTFILES` generation. Unfortunately, the upstream version doesn't take DOS drive letters into account and hence creates incorrect relative paths in the generated `POTFILES` file (like `../D:/Coding/myproject/trunk/...`). Here is a typical fix: r1009. When applied, `configure` and friends need to be regenerated in the source tree and then `configure` needs to be re-run to generate proper `Makefile`s.

=== Fix HAVE_ICONV detection ===

The fix is applied to `iconv.m4` that detects if the `HAVE_ICONV` config.h macro should be set or not. Here is a typical fix: r1023 (originally this: r934). When applied, `configure` and friends need to be regenerated in the source tree and then `configure` needs to be re-run to generate a proper `config.h`.