Date: Sun, 30 Jul 1995 20:12:58 -0600 From: kelly@fsl.noaa.gov (Sean Kelly) To: asami@cs.berkeley.edu Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Tcl 7.4 / Tk 4.0 Ports Message-ID: <9507310212.AA15021@emu.fsl.noaa.gov> In-Reply-To: <199507310206.TAA02634@silvia.HIP.Berkeley.EDU> (asami@cs.berkeley.edu)
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>>>>> "Satoshi" == Satoshi Asami <asami@cs.berkeley.edu> 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
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