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Re: [TCLCORE] More on TEA packages for macOS
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From: Kevin W. <kw...@co...> - 2025-06-16 15:40:56
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<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><img width="1" height="1" src="https://fedbdhd.r.af.d.sendibt2.com/tr/op/o_2sUSHBd-gHy8JA1Kzsnhx0AbIg5SfE0G1pE5nX-e7kaB8WWxqObkB7bSxhJ_wyWDY6HjtXPbgJA0gx4b9ViOvC5wpWG-cRP7bZpZ5fgGv452ZOQ7kbOQts7YG0nkUY6CP6uvLFIzWw-it-Rds5eCiqE4miNzO3oVNn-wYvlcLnP3hwOU-kfJQ5DnrYx4lYJc8w2oDvr-uq5z_Zwzo5AYd8_yRCjZzj" style="mso-hide:all"/><div dir="ltr"></div><div dir="ltr">Marc,</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">It’s an older convention from the early days of macOS when Tcl/Tk was included and actively maintained in the system. The /Library/Tcl path was picked up by both the system installation and a locally installed build. Same principle applies to Perl, Python etc. </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">The wiki FAQ I wrote also references this in build instructions for extensions: </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div style="display: block;" class=""><div style="-webkit-user-select: all; -webkit-user-drag: element; display: inline-block;" class="apple-rich-link" draggable="true" role="link" data-url="https://wiki.tcl-lang.org/page/New+Tcl%2FTkAqua+FAQ#6750c6b3086fb0aa6ce057ec7f101d06bd7ca242075c233f54c38591e1f3502d"><a style="border-radius:10px;font-family:-apple-system, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;display:block;-webkit-user-select:none;width:300px;user-select:none;-webkit-user-modify:read-only;user-modify:read-only;overflow:hidden;text-decoration:none;" class="lp-rich-link" rel="nofollow" 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wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">On Mon, Jun 16, 2025 at 9:46 AM Kevin Walzer <<a href="mailto:kw...@54...">kw...@54...</a>> wrote:</div><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><img width="1" height="1" src="https://fedbdhd.r.tsp1-brevo.net/tr/op/0rJGz8a-GZcLwfiuXHRXFKgO1by8S_61Z31B3A4zOaYK-SmjMHR1Lc_ly81ohzIKV3cnJCy7So6l1SZzBfCf2LmDUJuQiZPSMneed-7IuwcL3LrvQctBGg_SxXxyrhdr6eYRbbP1PoZwmHt9_zaOWXN1jz2hySSeoy6az3T32jEJAlkAE_SobNC09ixj9XqsvF309m8ylmXc" data-unique-identifier=""></div>The canonical installation location for extension packages is /Library/Tcl. They shouldn’t go in the framework although it is supported. <br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Hi Kevin,</div><div><br></div><div>Where do you find that canonical location specified? And why shouldn't they go in the framework?</div><div> </div><div>Using that location seems to destroy one of the great advantages of using a framework - namely that all dependencies are contained in the framework. Removing a framework should not involve hunting throughout the system for hidden dependencies which should be removed along with the framework because they become useless once the framework is gone.</div><div><br></div><div>My system does not have a /Library/Tcl directory, nor does it have a /Library/Python directory. (Those two languages get installed as frameworks in /Library/Frameworks.) I do have /Library/Ruby, /Library/Perl and /Library/Java.</div><div><br></div><div>- Marc</div></div></div> </div></blockquote></body></html> |
