Re: [MACTCL] Tk 8.5.12.x crashes opening IDLE Preferences menu

[Kevin W. <kw...@co...>]

Hi Neil,

On 10/9/12 5:42 AM, Ned Deily wrote:

>
> An update: I've figured out how to build the Cocoa Tk backport from the
> Fossil repo and after, bisecting of changes, I believe I've isolated the
> problem to a particular checkin.  I've opened Tk issue #3575664 with the
> details.  We are seeing a growing number of Python IDLE users reporting
> this problem.
>
> I'd be very interested to know if the ActiveState folks can reproduce
> the problem using the current tip of the branch and with their build
> process.  After some discussion of the Python Mac list, Kevin reports he
> is now able to reproduce the problem with his builds.
>
> https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=112997&aid=3575664&grou
> p_id=12997

Thanks for posting these. As I noted in the bug reports, the branch you 
are testing against is no longer being used for Tk-Cocoa builds (I 
should probably close it). Can you try checking out and testing against 
core-8-5-branch?

The crash you note is present on the Python/Tkinter side in IDLE but I 
cannot reproduce it in Wish/Tk. Very strange.

>
> I've also opened another Tk issue (#3575681) concerning another Cocoa Tk
> crasher when using clipboard copy in IDLE, a regression that was
> introduced in 8.5.12.0 and only partially fixed in ActiveTcl 8.5.12.1.

I think I can conclusively say that this bug is outdated; I can't 
reproduce the clipboard issue in either Wish or IDLE, build of 
core-8-5-branch. I've left the bug report open to allow further 
comments, but it works for me and I will close it soon.

--Kevin


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