[Tcllib-bugs] [Tcllib] (juliannoble2) tkt (New): pluginmgr doesn' t find modules in subdirectories

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Ticket Change [99175819ef6ccf2064254a8de7cf76218710ce7be8c81e6e613dbadc80a07cd6]
  [pluginmgr doesn't find modules in subdirectories]
  By      juliannoble2
  For     Tcllib
  On      2025-10-05T07:56:46.110
  Details https://core.tcl-lang.org/tcllib/tinfo?name=99175819ef6ccf2064254a8de7cf76218710ce7be8c81e6e613dbadc80a07cd6
  Ticket  https://core.tcl-lang.org/tcllib/tktview/dffc63972b36e91815406c8ade6577de5c1b738e

Changed Fields
  assignee:        nobody
  closer:          nobody
  comment:         The list method uses the following to try to trigger a scan of
                   packages:

                   $sip eval {catch {package require bogus-package}}

                   This is sufficient to trigger a scan for pkgIndex.tcl based packages,
                   but not for any modules within subdirectories.

                   It seems the -pattern for pluginmgr only works effectively when
                   specified as the last element in a path such as ::project::packages::*
                   (not documented as so - but the regexp capture makes it seem that's
                   the intention e.g using -pattern proj* would return something
                   truncated like "ect")

                   Given that behaviour - using the pattern to create a bogus package
                   require of the right depth might be a better way to update the package
                   database so that list will match the right patterns from 'package
                   names'.

                   set bogus [string map {* bogus-package} $pattern]  $sip eval [list
                   catch [list package require $bogus]]
  is_private:      0
  login:           juliannoble2
  priority:        5 Medium
  private_contact: 957fdfcd8744611e3fe1f4896c7538b1d9bf47b2
  resolution:      None
  severity:        Minor
  status:          Open
  submitter:       juliannoble2
  subsystem:       pluginmgr
  title:           pluginmgr doesn't find modules in subdirectories
  type:            Bug

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