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Tcl/Tk 8.6.13 Release Candidates

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by: Don Porter - Wed, 16 Nov 2022 18:12 UTC

Now available at

https://sourceforge.net/projects/tcl/files/Tcl/8.6.13/

are candidate files making up the RC2 pre-releases of Tcl and Tk 8.6.13.

The pre-release of Tcl 8.6.13 includes pre-releases of packages sqlite3.39.4, Itcl 4.2.3, tdbc* 1.1.5, and Thread 2.8.8 .

I believe these files are ready to become the official releases. If you find a reason that should not happen, please let me know.

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by: Dave - Wed, 16 Nov 2022 20:29 UTC

Release notes? Perhaps filed under a different name than
"tcltk-release-notes-8.6.13"?

Also, a minor thing, could the 'README' be renamed "README.txt" for us
unfortunate windows users? Thank you.
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by: Ralf Fassel - Thu, 17 Nov 2022 11:39 UTC

* Don Porter <donald.porter@nist.gov>
| Now available at
>
| https://sourceforge.net/projects/tcl/files/Tcl/8.6.13/
>
| are candidate files making up the RC2 pre-releases of Tcl and Tk 8.6.13.
>
| The pre-release of Tcl 8.6.13 includes pre-releases of packages sqlite3.39.4, Itcl 4.2.3, tdbc* 1.1.5, and Thread 2.8.8 .
>
| I believe these files are ready to become the official releases. If
| you find a reason that should not happen, please let me know.

Linux/Opensuse 15.4

itcl 3.4.3 fails to compile with Tcl 8.6.13:

gcc -DPACKAGE_NAME=\"itcl\" -DPACKAGE_TARNAME=\"itcl\" -DPACKAGE_VERSION=\"3.4\" -DPACKAGE_STRING=\"itcl\ 3.4\" -DPACKAGE_BUGREPORT=\"\" -DPACKAGE_URL=\"\" -DBUILD_itcl=/\*\*/ -DSTDC_HEADERS=1 -DHAVE_SYS_TYPES_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_STAT_H=1 -DHAVE_STDLIB_H=1 -DHAVE_STRING_H=1 -DHAVE_MEMORY_H=1 -DHAVE_STRINGS_H=1 -DHAVE_INTTYPES_H=1 -DHAVE_STDINT_H=1 -DHAVE_UNISTD_H=1 -DHAVE_LIMITS_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_PARAM_H=1 -DTCL_THREADS=1 -DMODULE_SCOPE=extern\ __attribute__$\(__visibility__\(\"hidden\"$\)\) -DHAVE_HIDDEN=1 -DHAVE_CAST_TO_UNION=1 -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE=1 -DTCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG=1 -DUSE_TCL_STUBS=1 -DITCL_LIBRARY=\"/homes/ralf/si++aegis/si++.4.0.C1153/tcltk/linux/lib64/itcl3.4\" -I"./generic" -I"/homes/ralf/si++aegis/si++.4.0.C1153/src/tcltk/tcl8.6.13/generic" -I"/homes/ralf/si++aegis/si++.4.0.C1153/src/tcltk/tcl8.6.13/unix" -pipe -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -DNDEBUG -Wall -fPIC -c `echo ./generic/itcl_methods.c` -o itcl_methods.o
In file included from /homes/ralf/si++aegis/si++.4.0.C1153/src/tcltk/tcl8.6.13/generic/tclPort.h:25:0,
from /homes/ralf/si++aegis/si++.4.0.C1153/src/tcltk/tcl8.6.13/generic/tclInt.h:36,
from ./generic/itclInt.h:50,
from ./generic/itcl_methods.c:31:
./generic/itcl_methods.c: In function ‘Itcl_CreateArg’:
./generic/itcl_methods.c:1159:48: error: invalid application of ‘sizeof’ to incomplete type ‘char[]’
(unsigned)(sizeof(CompiledLocal)-sizeof(localPtr->name) + nameLen+1)
^
/homes/ralf/si++aegis/si++.4.0.C1153/src/tcltk/tcl8.6.13/generic/tcl.h:2462:36: note: in definition of macro ‘ckalloc’
((void *) Tcl_Alloc((unsigned)(x)))
^
make[1]: *** [Makefile:266: itcl_methods.o] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory '/homes/ralf/si++aegis/si++.4.0.C1153/src/tcltk/itcl3.4.3'

Seems strange since tcl.h has not changed between 8.6.12 (where itcl
3.4.3 compiles) and 8.6.13. Will try to look into this later...

NB. We're still using itcl3.4.3 since itcl4.0 as included 4.0x release leads
to core dumps when shared libs are loaded, and some years ago it was said:

From: Don Porter <donald.porter@nist.gov>
Subject: New Itcl/Itk releases
Newsgroups: comp.lang.tcl
Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2016 10:04:08 -0500
Organization: ACMD ITL NIST
Message-ID: <56D5AF68.4000201@nist.gov>

A set of new releases of Itcl and Itk are now available at

https://sourceforge.net/projects/incrtcl/files/

and from

ftp://ftp.tcl.tk/pub/tcl/itcl

Itcl 3.4.3 includes fixes for these bugs.

http://core.tcl.tk/itcl/info/2e0e27de5f
https://sourceforge.net/p/incrtcl/bugs/274/
Proper results from tests info-4.4*

Most notably, Itcl 3.4.3 ought to work properly with Tcl 8.6 now,
[...]

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by: Ralf Fassel - Thu, 17 Nov 2022 11:58 UTC

* Ralf Fassel <ralfixx@gmx.de>
| * Don Porter <donald.porter@nist.gov>
| | Now available at
| >
| | https://sourceforge.net/projects/tcl/files/Tcl/8.6.13/
| >
| | are candidate files making up the RC2 pre-releases of Tcl and Tk 8.6.13.
| >
| | The pre-release of Tcl 8.6.13 includes pre-releases of packages sqlite3.39.4, Itcl 4.2.3, tdbc* 1.1.5, and Thread 2.8.8 .
| >
| | I believe these files are ready to become the official releases. If
| | you find a reason that should not happen, please let me know.
>
| Linux/Opensuse 15.4
>
| itcl 3.4.3 fails to compile with Tcl 8.6.13:
>
| gcc -DPACKAGE_NAME=\"itcl\" -DPACKAGE_TARNAME=\"itcl\" -DPACKAGE_VERSION=\"3.4\" -DPACKAGE_STRING=\"itcl\ 3.4\" -DPACKAGE_BUGREPORT=\"\" -DPACKAGE_URL=\"\" -DBUILD_itcl=/\*\*/ -DSTDC_HEADERS=1 -DHAVE_SYS_TYPES_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_STAT_H=1 -DHAVE_STDLIB_H=1 -DHAVE_STRING_H=1 -DHAVE_MEMORY_H=1 -DHAVE_STRINGS_H=1 -DHAVE_INTTYPES_H=1 -DHAVE_STDINT_H=1 -DHAVE_UNISTD_H=1 -DHAVE_LIMITS_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_PARAM_H=1 -DTCL_THREADS=1 -DMODULE_SCOPE=extern\ __attribute__$\(__visibility__\(\"hidden\"$\)\) -DHAVE_HIDDEN=1 -DHAVE_CAST_TO_UNION=1 -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE=1 -DTCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG=1 -DUSE_TCL_STUBS=1 -DITCL_LIBRARY=\"/homes/ralf/si++aegis/si++.4.0.C1153/tcltk/linux/lib64/itcl3.4\" -I"./generic" -I"/homes/ralf/si++aegis/si++.4.0.C1153/src/tcltk/tcl8.6.13/generic" -I"/homes/ralf/si++aegis/si++.4.0.C1153/src/tcltk/tcl8.6.13/unix" -pipe -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -DNDEBUG -Wall -fPIC -c `echo ./generic/itcl_methods.c` -o itcl_methods.o
| In file included from /homes/ralf/si++aegis/si++.4.0.C1153/src/tcltk/tcl8.6.13/generic/tclPort.h:25:0,
| from /homes/ralf/si++aegis/si++.4.0.C1153/src/tcltk/tcl8.6.13/generic/tclInt.h:36,
| from ./generic/itclInt.h:50,
| from ./generic/itcl_methods.c:31:
| ./generic/itcl_methods.c: In function ‘Itcl_CreateArg’:
| ./generic/itcl_methods.c:1159:48: error: invalid application of ‘sizeof’ to incomplete type ‘char[]’
| (unsigned)(sizeof(CompiledLocal)-sizeof(localPtr->name) + nameLen+1)
| ^
| /homes/ralf/si++aegis/si++.4.0.C1153/src/tcltk/tcl8.6.13/generic/tcl.h:2462:36: note: in definition of macro ‘ckalloc’
| ((void *) Tcl_Alloc((unsigned)(x)))
| ^
| make[1]: *** [Makefile:266: itcl_methods.o] Error 1
| make[1]: Leaving directory '/homes/ralf/si++aegis/si++.4.0.C1153/src/tcltk/itcl3.4.3'
>
| Seems strange since tcl.h has not changed between 8.6.12 (where itcl
| 3.4.3 compiles) and 8.6.13. Will try to look into this later...

Ok, this is due to a change in tclInt.h:

8.6.12
#if defined(__GNUC__) && (__GNUC__ > 2)
# define TCLFLEXARRAY 0
#else
# define TCLFLEXARRAY 1
#endif
[...]
typedef struct CompiledLocal {
char name[TCLFLEXARRAY];

8.6.13
#if defined(__STDC_VERSION__) && (__STDC_VERSION__ >= 199901L)
# define TCLFLEXARRAY
#elif defined(__GNUC__) && (__GNUC__ > 2)
# define TCLFLEXARRAY 0
#else
# define TCLFLEXARRAY 1
#endif
[...]
typedef struct CompiledLocal {
char name[TCLFLEXARRAY];

So in 8.6.12, it is char[0], whereas in 8.6.13 it is char[].

I can work around that.

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by: Ralf Fassel - Thu, 17 Nov 2022 12:28 UTC

* Ralf Fassel <ralfixx@gmx.de>
| * Ralf Fassel <ralfixx@gmx.de>
| | * Don Porter <donald.porter@nist.gov>
| | | Now available at
| | >
| | | https://sourceforge.net/projects/tcl/files/Tcl/8.6.13/
| | >
| | | are candidate files making up the RC2 pre-releases of Tcl and Tk 8.6.13.
| | >
| | | The pre-release of Tcl 8.6.13 includes pre-releases of packages sqlite3.39.4, Itcl 4.2.3, tdbc* 1.1.5, and Thread 2.8.8 .
| | >
| | | I believe these files are ready to become the official releases. If
| | | you find a reason that should not happen, please let me know.
| >
| | Linux/Opensuse 15.4
| >
| | itcl 3.4.3 fails to compile with Tcl 8.6.13:
| >
| | gcc -DPACKAGE_NAME=\"itcl\" -DPACKAGE_TARNAME=\"itcl\" -DPACKAGE_VERSION=\"3.4\" -DPACKAGE_STRING=\"itcl\ 3.4\" -DPACKAGE_BUGREPORT=\"\" -DPACKAGE_URL=\"\" -DBUILD_itcl=/\*\*/ -DSTDC_HEADERS=1 -DHAVE_SYS_TYPES_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_STAT_H=1 -DHAVE_STDLIB_H=1 -DHAVE_STRING_H=1 -DHAVE_MEMORY_H=1 -DHAVE_STRINGS_H=1 -DHAVE_INTTYPES_H=1 -DHAVE_STDINT_H=1 -DHAVE_UNISTD_H=1 -DHAVE_LIMITS_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_PARAM_H=1 -DTCL_THREADS=1 -DMODULE_SCOPE=extern\ __attribute__$\(__visibility__\(\"hidden\"$\)\) -DHAVE_HIDDEN=1 -DHAVE_CAST_TO_UNION=1 -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE=1 -DTCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG=1 -DUSE_TCL_STUBS=1 -DITCL_LIBRARY=\"/homes/ralf/si++aegis/si++.4.0.C1153/tcltk/linux/lib64/itcl3.4\" -I"./generic" -I"/homes/ralf/si++aegis/si++.4.0.C1153/src/tcltk/tcl8.6.13/generic" -I"/homes/ralf/si++aegis/si++.4.0.C1153/src/tcltk/tcl8.6.13/unix" -pipe -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -DNDEBUG -Wall -fPIC -c `echo ./generic/itcl_methods.c` -o itcl_methods.o
| | In file included from /homes/ralf/si++aegis/si++.4.0.C1153/src/tcltk/tcl8.6.13/generic/tclPort.h:25:0,
| | from /homes/ralf/si++aegis/si++.4.0.C1153/src/tcltk/tcl8.6.13/generic/tclInt.h:36,
| | from ./generic/itclInt.h:50,
| | from ./generic/itcl_methods.c:31:
| | ./generic/itcl_methods.c: In function ‘Itcl_CreateArg’:
| | ./generic/itcl_methods.c:1159:48: error: invalid application of ‘sizeof’ to incomplete type ‘char[]’
| | (unsigned)(sizeof(CompiledLocal)-sizeof(localPtr->name) + nameLen+1)
| | ^
| | /homes/ralf/si++aegis/si++.4.0.C1153/src/tcltk/tcl8.6.13/generic/tcl.h:2462:36: note: in definition of macro ‘ckalloc’
| | ((void *) Tcl_Alloc((unsigned)(x)))
| | ^
| | make[1]: *** [Makefile:266: itcl_methods.o] Error 1
| | make[1]: Leaving directory '/homes/ralf/si++aegis/si++.4.0.C1153/src/tcltk/itcl3.4.3'

Fix is in itcl3.4.3:

diff -u itcl3.4.3/generic/itcl_methods.c\~ itcl3.4.3/generic/itcl_methods.c
--- itcl3.4.3/generic/itcl_methods.c~ 2015-12-10 19:49:44.000000000 +0100
+++ itcl3.4.3/generic/itcl_methods.c 2022-11-17 13:10:47.930940615 +0100
@@ -1156,7 +1156,7 @@
nameLen = strlen(name);
localPtr = (CompiledLocal*)ckalloc(
- (unsigned)(sizeof(CompiledLocal)-sizeof(localPtr->name) + nameLen+1)
+ TclOffset(CompiledLocal, name) + nameLen+1
);
localPtr->nextPtr = NULL;

Diff finished. Thu Nov 17 13:10:57 2022

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by: Ralf Fassel - Thu, 17 Nov 2022 12:42 UTC

Although the moon is smaller than the earth, it is farther away.

devel / comp.lang.tcl / Re: Tcl/Tk 8.6.13 Release Candidates

Subject	Author
Tcl/Tk 8.6.13 Release Candidates	Don Porter
Tcl/Tk 8.6.13 Release Candidates	Dave
Tcl/Tk 8.6.13 Release Candidates	Ralf Fassel
Tcl/Tk 8.6.13 Release Candidates	Ralf Fassel
Tcl/Tk 8.6.13 Release Candidates	Ralf Fassel
Tcl/Tk 8.6.13 Release Candidates	Ralf Fassel