From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) id DAA24460; Mon, 11 Aug 2003 03:33:58 +0200 (MET DST) X-Authentication-Warning: pauillac.inria.fr: majordomo set sender to owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr using -f Received: from concorde.inria.fr (concorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.39]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id DAA14839 for ; Mon, 11 Aug 2003 03:33:57 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from mail2.tpgi.com.au (mail.tpgi.com.au [203.12.160.58]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id h7B1Xtf09569 for ; Mon, 11 Aug 2003 03:33:55 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from 203-213-83-171-syd-ts15-2600.tpgi.com.au (203-213-83-171-syd-ts15-2600.tpgi.com.au [203.213.83.171]) by mail2.tpgi.com.au (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h7B1XlKu013330; Mon, 11 Aug 2003 11:33:49 +1000 Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Tcl/Tk and RH 9 From: skaller Reply-To: skaller@ozemail.com.au To: Matt Gushee Cc: caml-list@inria.fr In-Reply-To: <20030810224543.GA32383@swordfish> References: <1060394583.12630.4.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20030809211030X.garrigue@kurims.kyoto-u.ac.jp> <1060446815.10145.9.camel@localhost.localdomain> <16182.49963.286742.163246@karryall.dnsalias.org> <20030810224543.GA32383@swordfish> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1060565634.7474.38.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.2 (1.2.2-4) Date: 11 Aug 2003 11:33:55 +1000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Kaspersky-Antivirus: Passed X-Loop: caml-list@inria.fr X-Spam: no; 0.00; ozemail:01 caml-list:01 gushee:01 gui:01 ticked:99 python:01 anyhow:01 command:98 unix:02 wrote:03 dynamic:03 presumably:95 installed:04 loading:04 tcl:05 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk On Mon, 2003-08-11 at 08:45, Matt Gushee wrote: > > What do you mean by ""standard package" ? Tcl and Tk packages are still > > found on RedHat 9 CDs and they are not on the list of deprecated > > packages. > > Presumably he means they are not installed by default. I mean they can't be installed from the GUI package manager at all AFAICS: There's no option for it. You'd have be a nerd and use the RPM command line tool. Most office workers and home users therefore will not have the package on their system no matter what options they ticked during installation, and that is probably true for many programmers too .. obviously including me. Its also not clear this can be 'tacked' on to Python. Last I looked, the build for Tcl/Tk was wrongly designed, it put the symbols in the wrong place, making dynamic loading in an unprepared client (such as Python) impossible. [At least partly this is due to poor dynamic linker design (read: they didn't bother to actually design it) on Unix systems] meaning: even if you could install Tk onto your system Tkinter et al wouldn't work anyhow. ------------------- To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners