Re: [MACTCL] tcl8.4a3 on OS X

[Jim I. <ji...@ap...>]

Eric,

This is partly my fault.  We have some patches that will get Tcl to 
build with shared libraries, but they haven't been applied to the 8.4 
branch yet.  I think they were approved, but they haven't been applied.  
I will ask about this.

Anyway, if you go to the Tcl SourceForge patch manager and dial up patch 
#435258 that has then necessary changes.  This patch is for 8.3.3, but 
it should apply pretty trivially to 8.4 as well.

The other change this patch makes is to switch shared library building 
from using Mac OS X bundles - which have the down side that you can ONLY 
load them, you can't link against them - to Mac OS X dylib's, which you 
can both load on demand, AND link against.

If you need to build Itcl, there is a patch to make that work with this 
scheme as well, it is #435256 in the ITcl patch manager.

BTW, the configure/make/build will work even without these patches, and 
you will be able to build other extensions as well.  You will just have 
to build static libraries, and then a big static shell with all your 
extensions.  It is better to get shared library loading working 
properly, but if you only care about Tcl, then you can use the 
SourceForge kit already, and it will build a working Tcl.

Jim

On Tuesday, September 4, 2001, at 11:13  AM, Eric Norum wrote:

> I'm sure this is a FAQ, and that I'm just doing something dumb, but I
> seem to be stuck trying to get tcl8.4a3 on to my OS X machine.
>
> When I run configure I get a complaint about it not knowing how to
> handle dynamic libraries.  A quick look inside the configure script
> reveals that there's no `Darwin' entry in the case statement that
> handles this sort of thing.
>
> I've tried hand-editing the Makefile after configure finishes, but I've
> not stumbled across the proper incantations, yet.
>
> I welcome any suggestions.
>
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