Re: [TCLCORE] Tcl / Tk 8.6.8 Release Candidates

[Donald G P. <don...@ni...>]

Thank you all for the reports and fixes.

Updated candidates of the bundled packages are now in place that should 
correct these issues.


On 12/21/2017 03:02 AM, apnmbx-public--- via Tcl-Core wrote:
> The rules-ext.vc and targets.vc files are missing from all extensions in pkgs except itcl.
> 
> I had not realized that files had to be explicitly added to the distribution, presuming the source directories for the bundled packages were directly copied (which is what itcl does).
> 
> I have fixed this for tdbc* and thread, modifying Makefile.in in trunk for those repositories to copy targets.vc and rules-ext.vc as part of make dist.
> 
> Itcl already copied all files and should not have this problem.
> 
> Sqlite3/cyqlite I have not modified because looking at Makefile.in in the cyqlite repository, it appears to me all files should already be copied but targets.vc and rules-ext.vc do not appear in the distribution. I'm not sure where the source for the distributed sqlite3 comes from.
> 
> I cannot actually test creating a distribution to ensure above fixes work as the autoconf files do not support a make dist target on Windows.
> 
> /Ashok
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Harald Oehlmann [mailto:har...@el...]
>> Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2017 2:28 AM
>> To: tcl...@li...
>> Subject: Re: [TCLCORE] Tcl / Tk 8.6.8 Release Candidates
>>
>> Am 20.12.2017 um 18:42 schrieb Donald G Porter:
>>>
>>>>> Now available at
>>>>
>>>> https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsourceforge.net%2Fprojects%2Ftcl%2Ffiles%2FTcl%2F8.6.8%2F&data=02%7C01%7Cdonald.porter%40nist.gov%7C31c34e991237412fc6bc08d548496a2c%7C2ab5d82fd8fa4797a93e054655c61dec%7C1%7C1%7C636494402506247302&sdata=wLAv%2Bnmcdm8qj1W%2Fjs8GDMk2KwlabspJWThHhzNl0k8%3D&reserved=0
>>>>
>>>>> are the candidate files making up a release of Tcl/Tk 8.6.8.
>>>
>>> Also available at
>>>
>>> ftp://ftp.tcl.tk/pub/tcl/tcl8_6/
>>>
>>> These are the RC1 candidates.  They may become the actual release on
>>> Friday, December 22.  Let me know of any reason you uncover why they
>>> should not be released.
>>>
>>> Release notes coming soon.
>>>
>>
>> Maybe I am wrong, but I still get the error:
>> makefile.vc(26) : fatal error U1052: file 'rules-ext.vc' not found
>>
>> I think, this happens when sqlite is compiled.
>>
>> cd win
>> nmake -f makefile.vc
>>
>> with MS-VC6+PSDK2003SP1 on Win10 GER
>>
>> Thank you,
>> Harald
>>
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