Package: itcl3-dev Version: 3.2.1-3.1 Followup-For: Bug #349302
I confirm itcl.tcl that is installed by itcl3 is not automatically found for Debian testing. I am Ccing this confirmation bug report to Francesco Paolo Lovergine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> and Sergei Golovan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> because changing where tcl8.4 looks for *.tcl files may fix this bug or repackaging itcl3 in a way that conforms to the Debian Tcl/Tk Policy at http://pkg-tcltk.alioth.debian.org/tcltk-policy.html/ may fix this bug. Now the details of this bug confirmation for Debian testing. A normal (c)test of the PLplot build gives the following error: Testing front-end tcl application-specific initialization failed: Can't find a usable itcl.tcl in the following directories: /usr/share/tcltk/itcl3.2 /home/software/plplot_cvs/HEAD/build_dir/examples/../utils/../lib/itcl3.2 /home/software/plplot_cvs/HEAD/build_dir/examples/../utils/../library /home/software/plplot_cvs/HEAD/build_dir/examples/../utils/../../library /home/software/plplot_cvs/HEAD/build_dir/examples/../utils/../../itcl/librar y /home/software/plplot_cvs/HEAD/build_dir/examples/../utils/../../../itcl/lib rary This probably means that Itcl/Tcl weren't installed properly. If you know where the Itcl library directory was installed, you can set the environment variable ITCL_LIBRARY to point to the library directory. Indeed, when I follow those directions and set export ITCL_LIBRARY=/usr/lib/itcl3.2 the error disappears. But this run-time workaround should not be necessary. Indeed, Debian oldstable (version 3.2.1-3 for itcl3 and itcl3-dev) produces no such run-time error for the (i)tcl interface to the _same_ version of PLplot built on my Debian oldstable system. I did apt-get source itcl3 on that system and compared the complete source tree with the one generated by the same command on my debian testing system. Here are the only differences between the two source trees: diff -Naur /tmp/itcl3-3.2.1/debian/changelog itcl3-3.2.1/debian/changelog --- /tmp/itcl3-3.2.1/debian/changelog 2007-11-23 14:55:20.000000000 -0800 +++ itcl3-3.2.1/debian/changelog 2007-11-23 14:47:47.000000000 -0800 @@ -1,3 +1,12 @@ +itcl3 (3.2.1-3.1) unstable; urgency=low + + * Non-maintainer upload. + * Update build-deps for xlibs-dev removal; closes: #346711. + * Credit and Big Thanks to Justin Pryzby + <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for the patch and testing. + + -- Amaya Rodrigo Sastre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Thu, 19 Jan 2006 12:54:55 +0100 + itcl3 (3.2.1-3) unstable; urgency=low * Added conflicts with old version of the insight package, which diff -Naur /tmp/itcl3-3.2.1/debian/control itcl3-3.2.1/debian/control --- /tmp/itcl3-3.2.1/debian/control 2007-11-23 14:55:20.000000000 -0800 +++ itcl3-3.2.1/debian/control 2007-11-23 14:47:47.000000000 -0800 @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Section: libs Priority: optional Maintainer: Chris Waters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 4), xlibs-dev, tcl8.4-dev, tk8.4-dev +Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 4), libxt-dev, tcl8.4-dev, tk8.4-dev Standards-Version: 3.6.0 Package: itcl3 I don't think this removal of an erroneous build depends is the source of this bug so perhaps it is an artifact of some inconsistency between itcl3 and tcl (a change in where tcl looks for *.tcl files?) introduced between tcl8.4-dev/tcl8.4 version 8.4.9-1 on Debian oldstable and tcl8.4-dev/tcl8.4 version 8.4.16-4 on Debian testing. Note, the run-time error for tcl3 also occurred for tcl8.4-dev/tcl8.4 version 8.4.16-3. Alan W. Irwin -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.22-2-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_CA.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_CA.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages itcl3-dev depends on: ii itcl3 3.2.1-3.1 [incr Tcl] OOP extension for Tcl - ii libc6-dev 2.6.1-1 GNU C Library: Development Librari ii tcl8.4-dev 8.4.16-4 Tcl (the Tool Command Language) v8 Versions of packages itcl3-dev recommends: pn itcl3-doc <none> (no description available) -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
