On Wed, Mar 14, 2007 at 07:26:25AM -0700, Garrett Cooper wrote: > >>>>>Are the different versions of tcl and tk really not backwards > >>>>>compatible with earlier versions? > >>>>No, they are not. > >>> > >>>What a pity. So how come the various linux distributions seem to > >>>get away with only one version of tcl and tk? > >> > >>Better versioning in their package infrastructure? > > > >Dunno what you mean by this. > > > >Kris > > Actually after doing a bit of research it appears that what I meant > in my reply is incorrect. From what I can see Linux uses a method of > branching with its tcl and tk packages similar to what FreeBSD does. > I know my sample size is small, but I'm pretty sure it's a defacto > standard if these two distros do the branch versioning that I see: > > Debian (scroll almost all the way to the bottom to find the tk refs): > - http://packages.debian.org/stable/libs/ > Gentoo: > - http://packages.gentoo.org/search/?sstring=tcl
This makes better sense and is in line with what I would expect. Kris _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
