Date: Fri, 12 Jan 1996 12:26:24 -0500 (EST) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu> To: Paul Traina <pst@shockwave.com> Cc: ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: wither tcl / tk shared libraries? Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.960112121826.1969A-100000@latte.eng.umd.edu> In-Reply-To: <199601120331.TAA12509@precipice.shockwave.com>
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On Thu, 11 Jan 1996, Paul Traina wrote: > I'd like to not continue the tradition of making shared library support > for tcl/tk & friends with the next release of the ports, given that the > authors refuse to support this even though the gnu configure stuff almost > does. > > It's a real pain in the butt to track this stuff if we maintain shared libraries. No, I have to disagree here. The shared libs are very nice to have, and not making them will have no effect whatsoever on the tcl group at Sun. It'd be case of cutting off our nose to spite our face; no benefit, pure loss. As long as the volunteer maintainers will make the changes to the Makefile.in and configure to make this happen, I don't see why not. If you feel strongly about this, you could delete your *own* shared libs. I know you wouldn't want to do this alone, but the effect wouldn't be any greater if everyone did it, would it? I was chagrined at the appearance of huge instability in the area of tcl/tk apps, as they have been moving to a new base level. Looking at the tcl/tk developments for the last few months, maybe it is beginning to stablize again. I have diffs to the latest (latest for some months now), tcl7.5a2 and tk4.1a2 to make it install with shared libs. I won't make a port until the number of failed tests lowers some (right now, the last half of the test suite in tk fails). > > Objections? > ============================================================================ Chuck Robey chuckr@eng.umd.edu -- I run FreeBSD on n3lxx and Journey2 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Dilbert Zone is Dilbert's new WWW home! The area features never-before-seen original sketches of Dilbert, a photo tour of Scott Adams' studio, Dilbert Trivia and memorabilia, high school photos and much more!: <URL:http://www.unitedmedia.com/comics/dilbert/>;
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