[Pkg-tcltk-devel] Bug#1060702: Bug#1060702: tcl-itcl4-dev: incr Tcl programs do not compile with tcl8.7-dev

[Sergei Golovan]

Hi Rafael,

On Sat, Jan 13, 2024 at 11:09 AM Rafael Laboissière <rafael at debian.org> wrote:
> With the versions of tcl-itcl4-dev (4.2.3-1) and tcl8.7-dev
> (8.7.0~a5+dfsg-3) currently in experimental, this simple example does
> not work:
>
>     $ echo "#include <itcl/itcl.h>" > test.c
>     $ gcc -c test.c -I/usr/include/tcl
>     In file included from test.c:1:
>     /usr/include/itcl/itcl.h:144:5: error: unknown type name 'Tcl_Size'
>       144 |     Tcl_Size len;                  /* number of values on stack */
>           |     ^~~~~~~~
>     /usr/include/itcl/itcl.h:145:5: error: unknown type name 'Tcl_Size'
>       145 |     Tcl_Size max;                  /* maximum size of stack */
>           |     ^~~~~~~~
>     /usr/include/itcl/itcl.h:164:5: error: unknown type name 'Tcl_Size'
>       164 |     Tcl_Size num;                  /* number of elements */
>           |     ^~~~~~~~
>
> It does work in unstable.

Thank you for the report and for the patch!

>
> Currently, in experimental, tcl-dev depends on tcl8.7-dev. If this
> packages migrate into unstable, then tcl-itcl4-dev will be broken in a
> serious way. Hence, I am am hereby setting the severity level to
> important.

Indeed, tcl-dev depends on tcl8.8-dev in experimental in order to spot
this type of bugs. Eventually, Tcl/Tk 8.7 will be released, and then
we'll do a big transition of all the Tcl/Tk related packages from 8.6
to 8.7. Your patch will definitely help with it.

Cheers!
-- 
Sergei Golovan