git: eb3164de99 - main - Porters Handbook: remove obsolete information about iconv from before 2013-08-13

The branch main has been updated by rene:

URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/doc/commit/?id=eb3164de992bd5c49f5916d6ba283f0ca02700a9

commit eb3164de992bd5c49f5916d6ba283f0ca02700a9
Author:     Rene Ladan <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: 2021-03-29 19:55:41 +0000
Commit:     Rene Ladan <[email protected]>
CommitDate: 2021-03-29 19:55:41 +0000

    Porters Handbook: remove obsolete information about iconv from before 2013-08-13
    
    I originally encountered this while updating the Porters Handbook to git,
    and emaste@ suggested to make it an independent commit.
---
 .../content/en/books/porters-handbook/special/chapter.adoc        | 8 ++++----
 documentation/content/en/books/porters-handbook/uses/chapter.adoc | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/documentation/content/en/books/porters-handbook/special/chapter.adoc b/documentation/content/en/books/porters-handbook/special/chapter.adoc
index 93774b0637..8bf35a4a22 100644
--- a/documentation/content/en/books/porters-handbook/special/chapter.adoc
+++ b/documentation/content/en/books/porters-handbook/special/chapter.adoc
@@ -3874,9 +3874,9 @@ DOCSDIR=	${LUA_DOCSDIR}
 [[using-iconv]]
 == Using `iconv`
 
-After 2013-10-08 (link:https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/254273[r254273]), FreeBSD 10-CURRENT and newer versions have a native `iconv` in the operating system. On earlier versions, package:converters/libiconv[] was used as a dependency.
+FreeBSD has a native `iconv` in the operating system.
 
-For software that needs `iconv`, define `USES=iconv`. FreeBSD versions before 10-CURRENT on 2013-08-13 (link:https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/254273[r254273]) do not have a native `iconv`. On these earlier versions, a dependency on package:converters/libiconv[] will be added automatically.
+For software that needs `iconv`, define `USES=iconv`.
 
 When a port defines `USES=iconv`, these variables will be available:
 
@@ -3885,8 +3885,8 @@ When a port defines `USES=iconv`, these variables will be available:
 |===
 | Variable name
 | Purpose
-| Value before FreeBSD 10-CURRENT 254273 (2013-08-13)
-| Value after FreeBSD 10-CURRENT 254273 (2013-08-13)
+| Port iconv (when using WCHAR_T or //TRANSLIT extensions)
+| Base iconv
 
 
 |`ICONV_CMD`
diff --git a/documentation/content/en/books/porters-handbook/uses/chapter.adoc b/documentation/content/en/books/porters-handbook/uses/chapter.adoc
index 83ebb361c3..a99e81bc51 100644
--- a/documentation/content/en/books/porters-handbook/uses/chapter.adoc
+++ b/documentation/content/en/books/porters-handbook/uses/chapter.adoc
@@ -629,7 +629,7 @@ Add buildtime and runtime dependencies on package:devel/pear-channel-horde[]. Ot
 
 Possible arguments: (none), `lib`, `build`, `patch`, `translit`, `wchar_t`
 
-Uses `iconv` functions, either from the port package:converters/libiconv[] as a build-time and run-time dependency, or from the base system on 10-CURRENT after a native `iconv` was committed in link:https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/254273[r254273]. By default, with no arguments or with the `lib` argument, implies `iconv` with build-time and run-time dependencies. `build` implies a build-time dependency, and `patch` implies a patch-time dependency. If the port uses the `WCHAR_T` or `//TRANSLIT` iconv extensions, add the relevant arguments so that the correct iconv is used. For more information see <<using-iconv,Using `iconv`>>.
+Uses `iconv` functions, either from the port package:converters/libiconv[] as a build-time and run-time dependency, or from the base system. By default, with no arguments or with the `lib` argument, implies `iconv` with build-time and run-time dependencies. `build` implies a build-time dependency, and `patch` implies a patch-time dependency. If the port uses the `WCHAR_T` or `//TRANSLIT` iconv extensions, add the relevant arguments so that the correct iconv is used. For more information see <<using-iconv,Using `iconv`>>.
 
 [[uses-imake]]
 == `imake`
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