Just to point out that if you need to configure plplot on a machine without any physical X display then you can always use the xvfb X server which provides a dumb framebuffer using virtual memory. This is what the Debian build does on the build machines precisely to get round this tk problem.
Andrew On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 01:16:26AM +0000, Repository PLplot plplot.git wrote: > master: Build system. Revert recent change to the Tk configuration > > It turns out that recent change (to use "package provide" rather than > "package require" for one CMake test to find the Tk version in > tcl-related.cmake) never works on Linux. So that change was a > roundabout way to insure that Tk was always disabled which is not the > desired result. > > I have done extensive command-line tests, and "package provide" only > appears to work with Tcl (presumably because tclsh loaded Tcl before > that package command was executed), but not Itcl, Tk, Itk, or Iwidgets > under either tclsh or wish. So the conclusion is we must always stick > with "package require" in tcl-related.cmake and accept that a working > X will be required to configure Tk, Itk, or Iwidgets. The logic in > tcl-related.cmake does look for the case where either wish or tclsh > error out. However, if X is hanging rather than erroring out, (the > issue which was "solved" by the commit that this commit reverts), I > don't know a test for that issue that would not also hang. Instead, > it appears to me the only recourse for a user if X hangs is to specify > -DENABLE_tk=OFF (which automatically turns off searching for or using > Itk and Iwidgets as well). > > http://sourceforge.net/p/plplot/plplot/ci/c1579387c0720b41891ece361453cb7d394ab999/ > > > --- > > Sent from sourceforge.net because you indicated interest in > <https://sourceforge.net/p/plplot/plplot/> > > To unsubscribe from further messages, please visit > <https://sourceforge.net/auth/subscriptions/> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ New Year. New Location. New Benefits. New Data Center in Ashburn, VA. GigeNET is offering a free month of service with a new server in Ashburn. Choose from 2 high performing configs, both with 100TB of bandwidth. Higher redundancy.Lower latency.Increased capacity.Completely compliant. http://p.sf.net/sfu/gigenet _______________________________________________ Plplot-devel mailing list Plplot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/plplot-devel
