On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 06:56:48PM +0200, Adeodato Sim? wrote: > gitk should really always use the default tk in Debian, otherwise users > are going to end up with more than one tk installed, which should be > best avoided. > > Comments: > > * there is a "tk" pacakge, so "Depends: tk (>= 8.4)" would solve the > concerns in #456423 that one can't just have tk8.5 installed. > > * however, if one uses "tk" as a dependency, the she-bang line should > be /usr/bin/wish, which as mentioned in #438662 could point to 8.3, > because the alternatives system is used. > > (This is one of the reasons why using alternatives for interpreters > is a bad idea: it prevents the dependencies at packaging level > reflect at the filesystem level, and shit happens. CC'ing the Tcl/Tk > maintainers in case they want to express their reasons for doing > this.) > > * so, I suggest either that the dependency is brought back to "tk8.4", > and be sorry for the guy in #456423, or add a bit of shell magic to > gitk to use the first of "wish8.4" and "wish8.5" that is available. > > I don't think a Dependency on "tk8.5" is acceptable, because we have > default versions of stuff for a reason.
Hi, gitk works with tcl/tk 8.4 and 8.5, but not 8.3, see #438662 and #456423. How should the gitk package make clear that it needs at least 8.4 while depending on the 'default tk'? Thanks, Gerrit. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
