Bug 22206 – itcl IncrTcl build problems with Tcl 8.4 and Portage 2.0.47-r10

• Product: Gentoo Linux
• Status: RESOLVED FIXED

[Description Sean Woods 2003-06-04 09:33:25 UTC]

IncrTcl does not build properly following the upgrade to Tcl 8.4. The package
SEEMS to build properly, but a compile error keeps the core library from actually
being produced.

The error on build is:
generic/itcl_class.c: In function `Itcl_ClassCmdResolver':
generic/itcl_class.c:963: structure has no member named `deleted'
generic/itcl_class.c: In function `Itcl_GetCommonVar':
generic/itcl_class.c:1642: warning: assignment discards qualifiers from pointer
target type
distcc[31222] ERROR: compile on fornax failed with exit code 1
make[1]: *** [itcl_class.o] Error 1

Strange that the ebuild continued after that failure?

After a bit of googleing I found an old patch put together by Mo Dejong that
corrects the situation at: 
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/itcl/message/3262

I'm re-synthesizing said patch for gentoo.

[Comment 1 Sean Woods 2003-06-04 09:40:26 UTC]

A newer release for IncrTcl with a series of fixes is available on sourceforge:
http://unc.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/incrtcl/itcl3.2.1_src.tgz

This includes a patch that corrects this particular bug. I'll try my hand and
snythesizing a new ebuild.

[Comment 2 Sean Woods 2003-06-11 15:14:11 UTC]

Created attachment 13128 [details]
New Ebuild for itcl-3.2.1

Created an E-Build based on IncrTcl 3.2.1, which patches the problems with the
current ebuild and Tcl8.4

I've tested the ebuild on my own system

[Comment 3 Sean Woods 2003-09-16 13:10:55 UTC]

Modified Summary so folks will find the bug listed as itcl or IncrTcl

[Comment 4 Sean Woods 2003-12-03 06:14:02 UTC]

A new version of the itcl ebuild has made its way into portage. I'm closing this bug because the issue is resolved. ROBBAT2 added an ebuild for itcl-3.2.1 on Oct 29, 2003

Thx guys ;)