[Pkg-tcltk-devel] Bug#451195: Bug#451195: tk8.4: Needs updated shlibs file

[Dirk Eddelbuettel]

Hi Sergei,

Thanks for the prompt response!

On 14 November 2007 at 08:29, Sergei Golovan wrote:
| On 11/14/07, Dirk Eddelbuettel <edd at debian.org> wrote:
| >
| > Version 8.4.16-2 fixed a serious bug regarding the search path. However,
| > packages built against tk8.4-dev still only get
| 
| I would say that tcl8.4 8.4.16-3 introduces it since it is intended to
| add a few directories to a serach path and not removing them.

Well, as far as I can tell, as you will see from the fairly detailed log in
the r-sig-debian post I referenced, it was _clearly broken under tk_8.4.16-1_
was got resolved under tk_8.4.16-2 from unstable.
 
| >
| >         tk8.4 (>= 8.4.5)
| >
| > whereas we would need
| >
| >         tk8.4 (>= 8.4.16-2)
| >
| > Could you please make that change?   For an example of where this matters,
| > please see #451152 where R fails to load its tcl/tk extension.  I cannot fix
| > this until you fix tk8.4-dev.
| 
| We'll try to fix tcl8.4 first.

I know that tcl matters for tk, but as far as R is concerned, I really need a
better shlibs so that R ends up with the Depends line suggest above, ie

         tk8.4 (>= 8.4.16-2)

Let me know if I can be of any help here as far as testing from R is involved.

Thanks,  Dirk

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