[Tcl-bugs] [ tktoolkit-Bugs-602680 ] AIX: incomplete TK_LIB_SPEC

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Bugs item #602680, was opened at 2002-08-30 19:00
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Category: 85. Unix Build
Group: 8.4b3
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 7
Submitted By: Don Porter (dgp)
Assigned to: Mo DeJong (mdejong)
Summary: AIX: incomplete TK_LIB_SPEC

Initial Comment:

Using all configuration defaults for both Tcl
and Tk on an AIX system, the tkConfig.sh
file contains:

# String to pass to linker to pick up the Tk library
from its
# installed directory.
TK_LIB_SPEC='-bI:/sci-apps/nist/donahue/lib/libtk8.4${DBGX}.exp'


This looks like a mistake to me, because the name of
the library (export file) that was built and installed
by Tk
is not fully specified.  It remains contingent on the value
of DBGX.

Now, Tk had some value of DBGX in effect when it built and
installed the actual Tk library file, and extensions
building
on Tk need to know what that actual Tk library file name is
so they can add the right options to their linker calls.
That fully substituted library file name should be
recorded in tkConfig.sh instead of one containing the
literal ${DBGX}.

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