Tcl wierdness (was Re: [Plplot-devel] python works fine on RH 7.3)

[Maurice L. <mj...@ga...>]

Alan W. Irwin writes:
 > I also found there was an itcl installation problem on RH7.3.  Once we
 > are on the same page with respect to the python interface, could you look
 > into that?  The error messages were:
 > 
 > no files matched glob patterns "*.tcl *.itcl *.itk *.ith *.itm"
 >     while executing
 > "glob *.tcl *.itcl *.itk *.ith *.itm"
 >     ("eval" body line 1)
 >     invoked from within
 > "eval glob $args"
 >     (procedure "auto_mkindex" line 24)
 >     invoked from within
 > "auto_mkindex . *.tcl *.itcl *.itk *.ith *.itm"
 >     invoked from within
 > "if {[catch {package require Itcl}]} {
 > 
 > # Error including Itcl -- only include tcl files
 >     auto_mkindex . *.tcl
 > 
 > I currently have no idea where this is coming from and would be most
 > interested in whether the same installation error happens on your RH7.3
 > machine.

This really shouldn't be happening -- it means there were no *.tcl files
in the installed tcl directory.  Which doesn't make sense if you have
configured tcl in (and if you haven't, this won't be run).

<shrug> oh well, I silenced the unlikely error with a catch {} and also
took the opportunity to fix a year-old item on my todo list about tying
mktclIndex to the configuration info.

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Maurice LeBrun    mj...@ga...
Research Organization for Information Science and Technology of Japan (RIST)