Re: AM_ICONV/AC_LIB_RPATH/config.rpath never-ending story

On Sat, Jan 30, 2021 at 11:28:31AM +0000, Dmitrii Pasechnik wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 30, 2021 at 05:10:04AM -0500, Bruno Haible wrote:
> > Follow-up Comment #1, sr #110435 (project autoconf):
> > 
> > > https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gettext/2011-10/msg00012.html
> > > When a project wants to only use AM_ICONV and none of the other gettext
> > autoconf macros
> > 
> > If your package only wants to use iconv() but no support for localized
> > messages, it should use the gnulib module 'iconv'. This module includes the
> > config.rpath file.
> Is there any way to use gnulib's iconv from autotools, for configuration
> purposes?

to partially answer my own question:
running 

   gnulib-tool --import iconv

in a directory with configure.ac as in 
https://github.com/sagemath/sage/blob/develop/configure.ac

does install config.rpath into config/
(and other things, too)

I am not sure, however, what exactly are the minimum requirments for
configure.ac and other setup parts, perhaps, to allow this.

Dmitrii