VLC cannot work properly without libiconv

diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 3ad5d77398e764ab528e3e4df42f0225f1ecbcd5..769b5ff1001f3263345feb8c64b32799554368dd 100644 (file)
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -231,6 +231,8 @@ XGETTEXT="${XGETTEXT} --keyword=_NS --keyword=_ANS"
 dnl
 dnl Iconv stuff
 dnl
+AS_IF([test "$am_cv_func_iconv" != "yes"],
+       [AC_MSG_ERROR([libiconv is needed for VLC to work properly])])
 VLC_ADD_CFLAGS([vlc],[${INCICONV}])
 VLC_ADD_LDFLAGS([vlc],[${LIBICONV}])