Hide iconv functions on Apple devices behind a feature flag

Cargo.toml

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ align = []
 rustc-dep-of-std = ['align', 'rustc-std-workspace-core']
 extra_traits = []
 const-extern-fn = []
+libiconv-apple = []
 # use_std is deprecated, use `std` instead
 use_std = [ 'std' ]
 

README.md

@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ libc = "0.2"
   If you use Rust >= 1.62, this feature is implicitly enabled.
   Otherwise it requires a nightly rustc.
 
+* `libiconv-apple`: Enables usage of `iconv_open`, `iconv`, and `iconv_close` on Apple devices.
+
 * **deprecated**: `use_std` is deprecated, and is equivalent to `std`.
 
 ## Rust version support

src/unix/bsd/apple/mod.rs

@@ -5908,9 +5908,14 @@ cfg_if! {
 }
 
 // These require a dependency on `libiconv`, and including this when built as
-// part of `std` means every Rust program gets it. Ideally we would have a link
-// modifier to only include these if they are used, but we do not.
-#[cfg_attr(not(feature = "rustc-dep-of-std"), link(name = "iconv"))]
+// part of `std` means every Rust program gets it. Additionally, when not built
+// as part of `std`, merely using `libc` on an Apple target will pull in `libiconv`.
+//
+// Therefore, due to these functions very low usage numbers on the platform, we hide it
+// behind a feature flag.
+//
+// Ideally we would have a link modifier to only include these if they are used, but we do not.
+#[cfg_attr(eature = "libiconv-apple", link(name = "iconv"))]
 extern "C" {
     pub fn iconv_open(tocode: *const ::c_char, fromcode: *const ::c_char) -> iconv_t;
     pub fn iconv(