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From: Duncan Barclay <dmlb@ragnet.demon.co.uk>
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Subject: RE: how many tk version do oyu need...
Cc: Luigi Rizzo <luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it>
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On 21-Feb-98 Luigi Rizzo wrote:
> well, i am trying to compile some of the latest ports and it's quite
> a mess since some use tk4.1, some tk4.2, some tk 8.0 ...
> 
> I already hated tk for its abundant runtime errors (reminds me of when i
> used to run basic programs and there was no compiler... circa 1981...)
> and this need of having 3 or more versions of tk installed makes me
> hate it even more (plus, i think manpages for all these version will
> overwrite each other...)

I used pkg_add in master and slave moe to stuff the manpages in different trees.
They really should not overwrite each other.

> 
> So my questions are:
> 
> 1) is there any hope to settle on some "standard" version of tk/tcl
>    and try to have most ports use that one; 

A lot of Tk/Tcl code is still not compatible with Tcl8.0, and some isn't
even ready for Tcl7.6 yet.
 
> 2) could we flag ports which do not use the "standard" version of
>    tk/tcl so that one needs to do
> 
>       make YES_I_REALLY_WANT_THIS_BLOAT
> 
>    to compile them ... maybe this would help some volunteer to fix the
>    port.

I thought FreeBSD removed Tcl from its base tree, so we don't have a
"standard" version.

> 
> 3) is there a simple way to list all ports which depend on a given
>    package (e.g. tk4.1, tk4.2 etc...) again to have an idea of what to
>    fix.

?

Duncan

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