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Re: [RFA] Find init.tcl on cygwin
- From: Keith Seitz <keiths at redhat dot com>
- To: Christopher Faylor <cgf at redhat dot com>
- Cc: insight at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 08:57:01 -0800 (PST)
- Subject: Re: [RFA] Find init.tcl on cygwin
On Thu, 19 Dec 2002, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> I wasn't trying to move it from /usr/lib to /usr/share. I was trying to
> make it find the files that were installed in /usr/share. The change
> from lib to share is not something that I did. That seems to be part of
> tcl 8.3.
Doh, of course. I just always forget that the Tcl folks are brain-dead
when it comes to installing software. They put everything in LIBDIR, and
we open source gurus (cough, cough) put shared text files into DATADIR.
> If someone wants to inform me of a better way to do this then I'm open
> for suggestions. In the meantime, I'm carrying this change as a local
> modification when I release new versions of insight for windows.
I certainly can't think of a "better" way to address this.
> Until the net release understands cygwin, I think we'll always need a few
> tweaks.
I agree. Could you add a little comment about the change so that the next
time we go to upgrade tcl we'll have a little more background on why the
change is made? [Having tried to do an upgrade not too long ago, it can be
frustrating to see a local change and not be able to figure out why it is
needed or if it is needed any longer.]
I've heard speculation that tcl8.4.1 is more cygwin-friendly... Martin was
working on something, but I guess he wants to do it all by himself?
Keith