The logs say: checking for working iconv... yes
am_cv_func_iconv_works=${am_cv_func_iconv_works=yes} But they also say checking whether iconv supports conversion between UTF-8 and UTF-{16,32}{BE,LE}... no so the iconv() being used must be the system iconv(), not GNU libiconv. 2010-07-30 Bruno Haible <br...@clisp.org> iconv: Update regarding AIX. * m4/iconv.m4 (AM_ICONV_LINK): When cross-compiling, guess yes on AIX 7. Reported by Rainer Tammer. --- m4/iconv.m4.orig Fri Jul 30 20:58:29 2010 +++ m4/iconv.m4 Fri Jul 30 20:58:27 2010 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# iconv.m4 serial 11 (gettext-0.18.1) +# iconv.m4 serial 11a dnl Copyright (C) 2000-2002, 2007-2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. dnl This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation dnl gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it, @@ -139,10 +139,14 @@ return 1; return 0; }], [am_cv_func_iconv_works=yes], [am_cv_func_iconv_works=no], - [case "$host_os" in - aix* | hpux*) am_cv_func_iconv_works="guessing no" ;; - *) am_cv_func_iconv_works="guessing yes" ;; - esac]) + [ +changequote(,)dnl + case "$host_os" in + aix | aix[3-6]* | hpux*) am_cv_func_iconv_works="guessing no" ;; + *) am_cv_func_iconv_works="guessing yes" ;; + esac +changequote([,])dnl + ]) LIBS="$am_save_LIBS" ]) case "$am_cv_func_iconv_works" in