menuconfig HOST_LIBICONV bool prompt "libiconv " help libiconv converts traditional character encodings to/from UNICODE. It is for you if your application needs to support multiple character encodings, but that support lacks from your system. config HOST_LIBICONV_EXTRA_ENCODINGS depends on HOST_LIBICONV bool prompt "build with support for extra encodings" help provides support for a few extra encodings. See readme in source package for details.