On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 10:10:36AM -0400, Jeff Green wrote: > Package: itcl3.1 > Version: 3.1.0-9 > Severity: important > > > When attempting to install sguil (non Debian package) that uses iwidgets > (Debian pkg) > I came across this problem: > > % ./sguil.tk > ERROR: Cannot fine the Iwidgets extension. > The iwidgets package is part of the incr tcl extension and is > available as a port/package most systems. > See http://www.tcltk.com/iwidgets/ for more info. > Memory fault > > # Narrowing down the source of the problem; > > % /usr/bin/tclsh8.3 > % package require Iwidgets > version conflict for package "Tcl": have 8.3, need 8.5 > % Memory fault > > # The version used here is right since: > % dpkg -s iwidgets3.1 | grep Depends > Depends: itk3.1 > > # And: > % dpkg -s itk3.1 | grep Depends > Depends: itcl3.1 (= 3.1.0-9), libc6 (>= 2.7-1), libx11-6, tcl8.3 (>= 8.3.5), > tk8.3 (>= 8.3.5) > > # Consequently the dependencies are wrong. > > # However, in the big scheme of things there are other problems, since: > % dpkg -l tclx* > Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold > | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend > |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) > ||/ Name Version Description > +++-=================-=================-================================================== > un tclx <none> (no description available) > ii tclx8.3 8.3.5-6.1 Extended Tcl (TclX) version 8.3.5 -- > TclX runtime > un tclx8.3-doc <none> (no description available) > > # And: > dpkg -l tkx* > Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold > | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend > |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) > ||/ Name Version Description > +++-=================-=================-================================================== > un tkx <none> (no description available) > ii tkx8.3 8.3.5-6.1 Extended Tcl (TclX) version 8.3.5 -- > TkX runtime p > un tkx8.3-doc <none> (no description available) > > # I.e. there is not a complete tcl/tk system in place for squeeze (still) if > the > # the dependencies are fixed for iwidgets by setting them to 8.5 in the pkg. > There > # still needs to be a tclx/tkx package build for 8.5. Alternatively, there > still needs > # to be available a working legacy 8.3 system for all of that old tcl > software out there. > > Apparently this same problem has been covered by an Ubuntu user. See: > http://nsmjunkie.blogspot.com/2010/05/sguil-client-error-with-ubuntu-1004.html > > I didn't try to track down an ubuntu bug on this if one does exist. > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: squeeze/sid > Architecture: powerpc (ppc) >
Note that 8.3 have been dropped in squeeze/sid, so you are working with obsolete packages. -- Francesco P. Lovergine -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
