From owner-freebsd-ports Sun Jul 30 19:13:31 1995 Return-Path: ports-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.11/8.6.6) id TAA01787 for ports-outgoing; Sun, 30 Jul 1995 19:13:31 -0700 Received: from fslg8.fsl.noaa.gov (fslg8.fsl.noaa.gov [137.75.131.171]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.11/8.6.6) with SMTP id TAA01781 for ; Sun, 30 Jul 1995 19:13:24 -0700 Received: by fslg8.fsl.noaa.gov (5.57/Ultrix3.0-C) id AA03246; Mon, 31 Jul 95 02:13:00 GMT Received: by emu.fsl.noaa.gov (1.38.193.4/SMI-4.1 (1.38.193.4)) id AA15021; Sun, 30 Jul 1995 20:12:58 -0600 Date: Sun, 30 Jul 1995 20:12:58 -0600 From: kelly@fsl.noaa.gov (Sean Kelly) Message-Id: <9507310212.AA15021@emu.fsl.noaa.gov> To: asami@cs.berkeley.edu Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, ports@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199507310206.TAA02634@silvia.HIP.Berkeley.EDU> (asami@cs.berkeley.edu) Subject: Re: Tcl 7.4 / Tk 4.0 Ports Sender: ports-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk >>>>> "Satoshi" == Satoshi Asami writes: Satoshi> * According to the various README-style files, *both* Satoshi> tcl7.4 and tk4.0 * are somewhat incompatible with scripts Satoshi> written for tcl7.3 and tk4.0. * * In my own repertoire Satoshi> of scripts, all of my tcl-only scripts work fine * with Satoshi> tcl7.4. It's a different story with my tk4.0 scripts, Satoshi> though. Satoshi> Ok, seems like it's too dangerous to lose tcl-7.3, and we Satoshi> definitely can't erase tk-3.6. Now, what should we do? Satoshi> tk-4.0 should probably go in to a new directory "tk4", Satoshi> should we do the same thing for "tcl74"? Ugh.... At least the out-of-the-box install for both tcl7.4 and tk4.0 don't clobber exiting files. Ousterhout's added version numbers to the names of the directories, the libraries, and the executables. -- Sean Kelly NOAA Forecast Systems Lab, Boulder Colorado USA Whenever I hear the sparrow chirping, watch the woodpecker chirp, catch a chirping trout, or listen to the sad howl of the chirp rat, I think: Oh boy! I'm going insane again. -- Jack Handey