On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 09:39:06AM -0800, Alan Irwin wrote: > On 2008-11-28 08:42-0000 Andrew Ross wrote: > > > > > Sorry, I should have been clearer. The tcl bindings build with tcl8.5, > > but the itcl / itk bindings don't. So I think the situation is the same > > as yours. The only other thing is that there is a bug in Ubuntu which > > requires you to set ITCL_LIBRARY in order for the examples to run > > correctly when itcl is used. I submitted a bug report on this some time > > ago. Not sure whether it has been fixed in the recently released Ubunutu > > Ibex. > > I looked deeper into this issue. According to > http://coding.derkeiler.com/Archive/Tcl/comp.lang.tcl/2008-02/msg01063.html > and follow-ups to that post, tcl-8.5 requires itcl-3.4. However, the > highest version of itcl that Debian has packaged so far (even in > experimental) is 3.2 so Debian/Ubuntu Tcl/Tk 8.5 users must go without > itcl/itk unless they are willing to build itcl-3.4 for themselves. My > general impression from this issue is the Tcl/Tk part of Debian is poorly > maintained. On the other hand, perhaps Debian users don't care since there > are no bug reports at all for any Tcl/Tk related package. > > I don't care that strongly myself (since itcl/itk is such a small part of > PLplot), but if you want to follow this up I suggest you put together a > Debian bug report requesting packaging of itcl/itk 3.4 (after you confirm > that you can build those packages for yourself following the directions > in the above thread).
Thanks. Personnally I don't tend to use tcl/tk much so it's not an issue for me anyway. It might cause some issues for the packaging though. I think we'll just make it depend on tcl8.4 for now. Andrew ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Plplot-devel mailing list Plplot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/plplot-devel
