Hi Debian tcl/tk developers, Christophe wrote:
> While trying to install the package "gitk", I was asked to install > the required package "tcl" and "tk". This is not right in my case, > because: > - I already have both "tcl8.4" and "tcl8.5" installed, so it should > be happy with any of them; > - this would create a conflict, because "tcl" is actually "tcl > 8.4.16" and "tcl8.4" is "tcl8.4.19" See below[*]. > Maybe the dependancy should be changed to require any one of the 3 > package? This is why we shouldn't support more than one version of the (threaded) interpreter in a given suite at a time. :) In an ideal world, I imagine the tcl binary would be in a "tcl" package and only a separate libtcl package would be versioned. I'd be happy to work on that. Can you imagine problems that would arise from it? Regards, Jonathan [*] The tcl package I am using has tcl8.6 (>= 8.6.0~b1-4) In particular, the version it depends on is an inequality --- it does not require any specific tcl patch level. Christophe, is your tcl package different? What happens if you try "apt-get install tcl"? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org