duplicate dylib libiconv.2.dylib

When building from source on Mac OSX, I have regularly come across the problem whereby the compiler complains about _duplicate dylib_s.

duplicate dylib libiconv.2.dylib

This is due to my use of the Fink and Darwin packages to install various bits I need for OSX development.

I recently noticed that many configure scripts cater for the user to select which dylib they would like to include. So I figured that my problem of duplicate iconv’s can be overcome by looking for options like :

--with-iconv=

So look out for similar parameters in configure scripts

./configure --with-iconv=/opt/local/..

So, why do I not just remove all but one instance of iconv? Well, Leopard ships with an old version of iconv, and I require recent versions for my development work.