[Pkg-tcltk-devel] Bug#742253: Bug#742253: "wish" not provided anymore

[Yuri D'Elia]

On 03/21/2014 12:14 PM, Sergei Golovan wrote:
> Hi Yuri,
> 
> On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 2:33 PM, Yuri D'Elia <wavexx at thregr.org> wrote:
>>
>> I believe there is a problem with how "wish" is provided. In the newer version
>> of tk8.5, "wish" is not provided anymore, but only by the latest tk version.
> 
> Currently, no tk8.* packages provide /usr/bin/wish interpreter anymore. Only the
> tk package contains /usr/bin/wish. And for now, /usr/bin/wish is a symlink to
> /usr/bin/wish8.6, so if a program specifically requires Tcl/Tk 8.5 then it must
> depend on tk8.5 and use /usr/bin/wish8.5 as a wish interpreter.
> 
>>
>> "tk" simply depends on the newer package version, but it shouldn't "break" old
>> releases unless there is a real reason to do so.
> 
> I don't really follow you in "break old releases".

Sorry, I didn't see the "Breaks" was versioned.
I had 8.5 on hold so I though installing tk wasn't possible.

Sorry for the noise.