ATTENTION: Tcl/Tk transition

[Charles Wilson]

On 12/4/2011 7:33 PM, Yaakov (Cygwin/X) wrote:
> On Sat, 2011-12-03 at 18:45 -0500, Charles Wilson wrote:
>> Yaakov -- the installed tclConfig.sh and tkConfig.sh files include stuff
>> like this:
>>
>> TCL_DEFS='-DPACKAGE_NAME=\"tcl\" -DPACKAGE_TARNAME=\"tcl\"
>> -DPACKAGE_VERSION=\"8.5\" -DPACKAGE_STRING=\"tcl\ 8.5\"
>> -DPACKAGE_BUGREPORT=\"\" -DPACKAGE_URL=\"\" -DSTDC_HEADERS=1 ....
>>
>> This causes warnings (PACKAGE_NAME redefined, etc) when building other
>> packages.
>
> Which packages are you referring to?

I found this while building (msys) versions of tcl and tk, (loosely) 
based on your cygports.  However...I modified tk's configure.in to do a 
"proper" AC_INIT.  So now, tk defines PACKAGE_NAME as "tk" -- but 
inherits tclConfig's setting of "tcl" (and etc.).

It's possible that because tk doesn't, OOB, use the proper AC_INIT 
invocation that you don't see this problem with your builds.  But...is 
it really right for tk to self-identify as "tcl"?

Fix that...and then you see the warning.

However, it just seems unambiguously correct, to me, that derived 
packages should NOT inherit "tcl's" settings of those particular macros.

--
Chuck