213028 – dev-tcltk/otcl doesn't compile with TCL 8.5

Bug 213028 - dev-tcltk/otcl doesn't compile with TCL 8.5

Summary: dev-tcltk/otcl doesn't compile with TCL 8.5

Status:	RESOLVED NEEDINFO

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	New packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High normal (vote)
Assignee:	TCL/TK Project

URL:	http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=...
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Duplicates (1):	269424 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:	tcltk-8.5
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Reported:	2008-03-11 11:52 UTC by Anant Narayanan (RETIRED)
Modified:	2009-08-08 00:18 UTC (History)
CC List:	9 users (show)

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otcl-1.14_pre20090106.ebuild (otcl-1.14_pre20090106.ebuild,1.37 KB, text/plain) 2009-04-17 19:47 UTC, Federico Ferri (RETIRED)	Details
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Description Anant Narayanan (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2008-03-11 11:52:35 UTC

dev-tcltk/otcl-1.13 doesn't compile with TCL 8.5:

/usr/lib/tcl8.5/include/generic/tclPort.h:27:28: error: tclUnixPort.h: No such file or directory

On adding "-I/usr/lib/tcl8.5/include/unix -DHAVE_UNISTD_H" to the compile lines (which is where tclUnixPort.h is), these errors seems to go away but new ones like:

otcl.c:983: error: 'TclVarHashTable' has no member named 'keyType

crop up.

Comment 1 Pacho Ramos gentoo-dev

2008-05-02 11:56:51 UTC

Maybe some of svn snapshots could help, but I haven't tried :-(
http://www.isi.edu/nsnam/dist/daily/

Comment 2 Federico Ferri (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2009-04-17 19:47:55 UTC

Created attachment 188719 [details]
otcl-1.14_pre20090106.ebuild

for the record, I tried the daily (well, it's dated 2009-01-06, so it's lying about daily-ness :D) snapshot, but doesn't work

Comment 3 Andrew Savchenko gentoo-dev

2009-05-01 14:16:47 UTC

Same problem here:
dev-lang/tcl-8.5.7
dev-tcltk/otcl-1.13
1.14 snapshot doesn't work too...

Comment 4 Michael B 2009-05-06 00:57:37 UTC

I am also having this issue

Comment 5 Ferris McCormick (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2009-05-11 16:35:38 UTC

*** Bug 269424 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 6 Federico Ferri (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2009-05-11 19:08:32 UTC

added link to OTcl's tracker for Tcl-8.5 incompatibility

Comment 7 Michael B 2009-05-19 03:15:05 UTC

http://www.mail-archive.com/debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org/msg536934.html seems to be the issue

Comment 8 Michael B 2009-05-19 07:23:51 UTC

"http://www.mail-archive.com/debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org/msg536934.html
seems to be the issue" I apologies for my mistake this is in no way the issue. I am still working on tracking down the problem but the problem is clearly: 
error: ‘TclVarHashTable’ has no member named ‘keyType’
error: ‘Var’ has no member named ‘hPtr’

Comment 9 Michael B 2009-05-19 08:44:22 UTC

The issue seems to be that for the most part otcl is unmaintained, tcl 8.5 changed how variables are handled. http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=1877033&group_id=30174&atid=398499 shows the bug is known. only choice is to use tcl 8.4

Comment 10 miguel sofer 2009-05-19 10:39:11 UTC

The reason for the TclVarHashTable problems is the varReform in 8.5 (see https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1750051&group_id=10894&atid=310894).

Fixing an extension that uses the internal Var functions is a bit of work, but it can be done. See for instance what it took for itcl at https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1766617&group_id=13244&atid=113244.

If anybody wants to tackle fixing otcl to run with 8.5, I'll gladly help with the effort. I can be reached at <msofer@users.sf.net>

Comment 11 Federico Ferri (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2009-08-08 00:18:57 UTC

if you can provide a working ebuild (or at least a patchset over last otcl release) it would really help

please reopen if there are updates.