Re: [TCLCORE] Tcl/Tk 8.6.17 Release Candidates

[Harald O. <har...@el...>]

Am 13.08.2025 um 22:02 schrieb Donald G Porter via Tcl-Core:
> 
> Now available at
> 
> https://sourceforge.net/projects/tcl/files/Tcl/8.6.17/
> 
> are RC1 candidate source code distribution pre-releases of Tcl and Tk 
> 8.6.17.

Thanks Don & Team,here is the report on archaic MS-VC6 32 bit on MS-WS 
11 64 bit.
As in the past, some people cared, here is the report.
It can be ignored as always.
There are compilation warnings and one test failure below

Thanks for all,
Harald

Compilation:

C:\test\tcl8.6.17\tcl8.6.17\win\..\generic\tclProc.c(2275) : warning 
C4550: expression evaluates to a function which is missing an argument list

C:\test\tcl8.6.17\tcl8.6.17\pkgs\tdbcodbc1.1.12\win\..\generic\tdbcodbc.c(2720) 
: warning C4761: integral size mismatch in argument; conversion supplied
C:\test\tcl8.6.17\tcl8.6.17\pkgs\tdbcodbc1.1.12\win\..\generic\tdbcodbc.c(4050) 
: warning C4761: integral size mismatch in argument; conversion supplied
C:\test\tcl8.6.17\tcl8.6.17\pkgs\tdbcodbc1.1.12\win\..\generic\tdbcodbc.c(4095) 
: warning C4761: integral size mismatch in argument; conversion supplied
C:\test\tcl8.6.17\tcl8.6.17\pkgs\tdbcodbc1.1.12\win\..\generic\tdbcodbc.c(1474) 
: warning C4761: integral size mismatch in argument; conversion supplied
C:\test\tcl8.6.17\tcl8.6.17\pkgs\tdbcodbc1.1.12\win\..\generic\tdbcodbc.c(4530) 
: warning C4761: integral size mismatch in argument; conversion supplied
C:\test\tcl8.6.17\tcl8.6.17\pkgs\tdbcodbc1.1.12\win\..\generic\tdbcodbc.c(4550) 
: warning C4761: integral size mismatch in argument; conversion supplied
C:\test\tcl8.6.17\tcl8.6.17\pkgs\tdbcodbc1.1.12\win\..\generic\tdbcodbc.c(4588) 
: warning C4761: integral size mismatch in argument; conversion supplied
C:\test\tcl8.6.17\tcl8.6.17\pkgs\tdbcodbc1.1.12\win\..\generic\tdbcodbc.c(4646) 
: warning C4761: integral size mismatch in argument; conversion supplied
C:\test\tcl8.6.17\tcl8.6.17\pkgs\tdbcodbc1.1.12\win\..\generic\tdbcodbc.c(5297) 
: warning C4761: integral size mismatch in argument; conversion supplied
C:\test\tcl8.6.17\tcl8.6.17\pkgs\tdbcodbc1.1.12\win\..\generic\tdbcodbc.c(5489) 
: warning C4761: integral size mismatch in argument; conversion supplied

C:\test\tcl8.6.17\tk8.6.17\win\..\generic\tkCanvas.c(4241) : warning 
C4022: 'memcpy' : pointer mismatch for actual parameter 1

C:\test\tcl8.6.17\tk8.6.17\win\..\win\tkWinFont.c(1499) : warning C4761: 
integral size mismatch in argument; conversion supplied
C:\test\tcl8.6.17\tk8.6.17\win\..\win\tkWinFont.c(1521) : warning C4761: 
integral size mismatch in argument; conversion supplied

C:\test\tcl8.6.17\tk8.6.17\win\..\generic\ttk\ttkFrame.c(175) : warning 
C4005: 'DEFAULT_BORDERWIDTH' : macro redefinition
  
C:\test\tcl8.6.17\tk8.6.17\win\..\generic\ttk\ttkClassicTheme.c(0) : see 
previous definition of 'DEFAULT_BORDERWIDTH'



SQLite does not compile. This is known and ok.

Tests:
Test failures: "exec-bug-4f0b5767ac exec App Execution Alias"

==== exec-bug-4f0b5767ac exec App Execution Alias FAILED
==== Contents of test case:

     exec winget --info

---- Test generated error; Return code was: 1
---- Return code should have been one of: 0 2
---- errorInfo: couldn't execute "winget": no such file or directory
     while executing
"exec winget --info"
     ("uplevel" body line 2)
     invoked from within
"uplevel 1 $script"
---- errorCode: POSIX ENOENT {no such file or directory}
==== exec-bug-4f0b5767ac FAILED