Bug 104769 – [dev-lang/tcl] TCL_LIBRARY env variable needs to be setup in /etc/env.d

• Status: RESOLVED NEEDINFO
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Michal Slonina 2005-09-03 23:51:34 UTC]

TCL embeded interpreter needs to know where the tcl files are.

If TCL_LIBRARY path is not set up the following test program dies in pain on
Tcl_Init(interp) :

#  include <tcl.h>
int main() {
    Tcl_Interp *interp;
    interp = Tcl_CreateInterp();
    if (Tcl_Init(interp) == TCL_ERROR) {
        return 1;
    }
}

This is a serious bug, affecting many autoconf scripts.

Sugested fix:

diff -u tcl-8.4.9.ebuild.old tcl-8.4.9.ebuild
--- tcl-8.4.9.ebuild.old        2005-09-04 08:54:36.000000000 +0200
+++ tcl-8.4.9.ebuild    2005-09-04 08:43:02.000000000 +0200
@@ -86,6 +86,9 @@

        cd ${S}
        dodoc README changes license.terms
+
+       dodir /etc/env.d
+       echo >${D}/etc/env.d/50tcl 'TCL_LIBRARY="/usr/lib/tcl8.4"'
 }

 pkg_postinst() {

Other versions of tcl in portage are also affected, but fixing 8.4.9 should be
enough :]


Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:

[Comment 1 Michal Slonina 2005-09-04 08:33:58 UTC]

Temporary workaround:

su
echo /etc/env.d/50tcl 'TCL_LIBRARY="/usr/lib/tcl8.4"'
env-update
source /etc/profile

[Comment 2 Michal Slonina 2005-09-04 08:34:54 UTC]

ops, should be:
echo >/etc/env.d/50tcl 'TCL_LIBRARY="/usr/lib/tcl8.4"' 

[Comment 3 MATSUU Takuto (RETIRED) 2006-06-03 11:53:10 UTC]

the test program works fine without TCL_LIBRARY on my env.

$ gcc -ltcl test.c
$ ./a.out
$

Could you put your emerge info here?

[Comment 4 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) 2006-09-10 14:13:28 UTC]

This bug is awaiting user response...