Re: [TCLCORE] nmake build changes

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

Am 04.06.2026 um 16:10 schrieb apnmbx-public--- via Tcl-Core:
> I’m making a couple of (minor, I think) changes to the nmake build system
> 
>   * making the build less verbose, so it does not output so much trace
>     information during builds that hides real issues. Add “verbose” to
>     OPTS to get back the old behavior.
>   * more important, static libraries for **packages** are now installed
>     by default into the same location as Tcl’s static libraries. That
>     makes much more sense to me for building applications that link
>     statically and reflects Unix conventions.
> 
> Hope no one objects. Probably, no one other than Harald or Phil will 
> care but just in case... :-)
> 
> With the above and TIP 755, I’m very close to be being able to build a 
> fully statically linked tcl and wish shells with sqlite, thread, twapi 
> etc. No more writing DLL’s to disk and cleaning up. The downside to 
> single file executables – Microsoft Defender flags the build as some 
> Bear!xx CVE virus. Used to happen  with tclkits in 8.6 as well. Not sure 
> what the solution is there.
Thanks, I appreciate!

Yes, the false positives of the virus engines are an issue.

I normally only have those by fsecure for tcl8.6 starkits...

Thanks for all,
Harald