On Fri, Jan 11, 2008 at 01:41:27PM -0800, Alan Irwin wrote: > On 2008-01-11 17:38+0100 Arjen Markus wrote: > > > As for the Tcl version, 8.5 versus 8.4 or lower, you can use > > the following script: > > > > puts [package vsatisfies [info patchlevel] 8.5] > > > [...]So you will have to resort to CMake commands, but that should be easy. > > Thanks for that suggested test. I have just committed (revision 8130) the > first try at running your test with CMake (although you could have done that > yourself... :-)). Let me know whether it automatically sets HAVE_TCL_GT 84 > properly for you. > > Note, FindTclsh.cmake looks for tclsh before it tries the versioned forms, > and I think this is the correct behaviour, but that causes a problem on > Debian testing because for some strange reason their tcl 8.5 package > installs tclsh8.5, but does not symlink tclsh to that version. Instead, the > tclsh symlink still refers to the 8.4 version. I think this has something > to do with the policy that 8.4 is still the default version for Debian > testing, but it leads to a potentially nasty version inconsistency if you > are trying 8.5, and I am still trying to figure out the cleanest way to > avoid this mess. Can some Debian expert here let me know the best way > to modify the /etc/alternatives system that is supposed to deal with > such issues? >
Alan, You need to do update-alternatives to override the default choice for tclsh. update-alternatives --config tclsh will do it interactively for you. Andrew ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace _______________________________________________ Plplot-devel mailing list Plplot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/plplot-devel
