[Pkg-tcltk-devel] tcl package is 8.6.16 but tcl8.6=8.6.17

[Flachy Joe]

Hi, I encounter a problem with package versioning in sid:

:~$ apt-cache show tcl
Package: tcl
Source: tcltk-defaults
Version: 8.6.16
Installed-Size: 20
Maintainer: Debian Tcl/Tk Packagers
<pkg-tcltk-devel at lists.alioth.debian.org>
Architecture: amd64
Provides: tclsh
Depends: tcl8.6 (>= 8.6.16+dfsg-1~)

:~$ apt-cache show tcl8.6
Package: tcl8.6
Version: 8.6.17+dfsg-1


So when I launch tclsh:

:~$ tclsh
application-specific initialization failed: Can't find a usable
init.tcl in the following directories:
     /usr/lib/tcl8.6 /lib/tcl8.6 /usr/library /library
/tcl8.6.16/library /tcl8.6.16/library

/usr/share/tcltk/tcl8.6/init.tcl: version conflict for package
"Tcl": have 8.6.16, need exactly 8.6.17
version conflict for package "Tcl": have 8.6.16, need exactly 8.6.17
     while executing
"package require -exact Tcl 8.6.17"
     (file "/usr/share/tcltk/tcl8.6/init.tcl" line 21)
     invoked from within
"source /usr/share/tcltk/tcl8.6/init.tcl"
     ("uplevel" body line 1)
     invoked from within
"uplevel #0 [list source $tclfile]"


This probably means that Tcl wasn't installed properly.


Solved by changing the file "/usr/share/tcltk/tcl8.6/init.tcl" line 21 from

package require -exact Tcl 8.6.17

to

package require Tcl

Regards,
FFW