Tcl in Fedora 12 improperly configured...

[GrayFox]

Ugggh,

Tcl appears to be improperly config'ed in Fedora 12.

The file tclConfig.sh defines:

TCL_PACKAGE_PATH='/usr/lib/tcl8.5 /usr/share/tcl8.5'

It should be:

TCL_PACKAGE_PATH='/usr/lib/tcl8.5 /usr/share/tcl8.5 /usr/lib/tk8.5'

The omission means that one cannot simply to a
'package require Tk' in a tcl script because tcl cannot find
the tk library.

A workaround is to run tk apps via wish...bummer.

Where would one go to file a request to fix the problem?

Thanks,

Jerry

[GallComp]

Ugggh,

Tcl appears to be improperly config'ed in Fedora 12.

The file tclConfig.sh defines:

TCL_PACKAGE_PATH='/usr/lib/tcl8.5 /usr/share/tcl8.5'

It should be:

TCL_PACKAGE_PATH='/usr/lib/tcl8.5 /usr/share/tcl8.5 /usr/lib/tk8.5'

The omission means that one cannot simply to a
'package require Tk' in a tcl script because tcl cannot find
the tk library.

A workaround is to run tk apps via wish...bummer.

Where would one go to file a request to fix the problem?

Thanks,

Jerry

Did you tried Bugzilla: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/

[RupertPupkin]

one cannot simply to a
'package require Tk' in a tcl script because tcl cannot find
the tk library.

A workaround is to run tk apps via wish...bummer.

What's wrong with having your Tk script use wish instead of tclsh? That's the usual way of using Tk. In fact, I don't think I've ever seen a Tk app use tclsh as the interpreter and then do a 'package require Tk'.

[GrayFox]

What's wrong with having your Tk script use wish instead of tclsh? That's the usual way of using Tk. In fact, I don't think I've ever seen a Tk app use tclsh as the interpreter and then do a 'package require Tk'.

Nothing is wrong with using wish, but it is not needed since 'package require Tk' gives
the same effect from tclsh... Note that in previous versions of Fedora it was possible to
use the 'package require Tk' thingy...

Anyway I have filed a 'bug' report with the Fedora section of the Redhat Bugzilla.

An easy fix to the problem is to create a directory 'Tk' in /usr/lib/tcl8.5 and place
a file named pkgIndex.tcl therein. The contents of pkgIndex.tcl is a command
to load the Tk library:

if {[catch {package present Tcl 8.5.0-8.6}]} { return }
package ifneeded Tk 8.5.7 [list load [file join $dir ../.. libtk8.5.so] Tk]

Jerry

[AdamW]

you might want to note in your bug report, this is the relevant change:

http://cvs.fedoraproject.org/viewvc/...?r1=1.1&r2=1.2

note sure if it was intentional.

[AdamW]

note that in discussing paths, the Tcl packaging policy - https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Tcl - does not make any mention of /usr/lib/tk8.5 as being valid for extensions.