Tk Source Code

When building Tk with nmake using OPTS=static, the following problems are seen:

- With Tk 8.6, the build itself succeeds, but running bind.test times-out: [https://github.com/tcltk/tk/actions/runs/7383322436/job/20086600807]

- With Tk 8.7 (and probably 9.0 also), the build itself succeeds too, but the test-suite gives 83 test-failures related to cursors: [https://github.com/tcltk/tk/actions/runs/7394649635/job/20116355623]

e.g.:
<pre>
==== busy-3.7 tk busy cget unix FAILED
==== Contents of test case:

    tk busy cget .f -cursor

---- Test setup failed:
bad cursor spec "hand1"
---- errorInfo(setup): bad cursor spec "hand1"
    (processing "-cursor" option)
    invoked from within
"tk busy hold .f -cursor hand1"
    ("uplevel" body line 3)
    invoked from within
"uplevel 1 $setup"
---- errorCode(setup): TK VALUE CURSOR
==== busy-3.7 FAILED
</pre>

So it doesn't look like the nmake build with OPTS=static (TIP #477) is ready for production ....

Found the main problem, it's fixed [1374b2d11dd5dfab|here]

You need to update Tcl too in order to make the fix actually work, since rules.vc is copied from Tcl if it has a higher or equal version-number. So, "rules.vc" needs to be updated in both Tcl and Tk.

Since this is a long-standing problem (already - at least - from the start of the TIP #477 implementation, 5 years ago), I don't think it's important enough to delay Tcl/Tk 9.0b1 for it. But .... that's for Don Porter to decide.

Even with [ff1a5283] I still get the FindResourceW panic.

Sorry, please disregard my previous message. The panic is still here.

Works now with [c2833a28].

Not enough. When running the test suite:

<verbatim>
	link -nologo -machine:AMD64  -ltcg -release -opt:ref -opt:icf,3 -subsystem:windows -out:"C:\Users\francois\Documents\Development\tcltk-fossil\tk\win\Release_AMD64_VC1938\tktest.exe" kernel32.lib advapi32.lib netapi32.lib gdi32.lib user32.lib userenv.lib "C:\Users\francois\Documents\Development\tcltk-fossil\tcl\win\Release_AMD64_VC1938\tclstub86.lib" "C:\Users\francois\Documents\Development\tcltk-fossil\tcl\win\Release_AMD64_VC1938\tcl86ts.lib"  -stack:2300000 C:\Users\francois\Documents\Development\tcltk-fossil\tk\win\Release_AMD64_VC1938\tk_ThreadedStatic\testMain.obj C:\Users\francois\Documents\Development\tcltk-fossil\tk\win\Release_AMD64_VC1938\tk_ThreadedStatic\tkSquare.obj C:\Users\francois\Documents\Development\tcltk-fossil\tk\win\Release_AMD64_VC1938\tk_ThreadedStatic\tkTest.obj C:\Users\francois\Documents\Development\tcltk-fossil\tk\win\Release_AMD64_VC1938\tk_ThreadedStatic\tkOldTest.obj C:\Users\francois\Documents\Development\tcltk-fossil\tk\win\Release_AMD64_VC1938\tk_ThreadedStatic\tkWinTest.obj C:\Users\francois\Documents\Development\tcltk-fossil\tk\win\Release_AMD64_VC1938\tk_ThreadedStatic\tktest.res C:\Users\francois\Documents\Development\tcltk-fossil\tk\win\Release_AMD64_VC1938\tkstub86.lib C:\Users\francois\Documents\Development\tcltk-fossil\tk\win\Release_AMD64_VC1938\tk86ts.lib
LINK : fatal error LNK1181: impossible d'ouvrir le fichier en entrée 'C:\Users\francois\Documents\Development\tcltk-fossil\tk\win\Release_AMD64_VC1938\tk_ThreadedStatic\tktest.res'
NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'link -nologo -machine:AMD64  -ltcg -release -opt:ref -opt:icf,3 -subsystem:windows -out:"C:\Users\francois\Documents\Development\tcltk-fossil\tk\win\Release_AMD64_VC1938\tktest.exe" kernel32.lib advapi32.lib netapi32.lib gdi32.lib user32.lib userenv.lib "C:\Users\francois\Documents\Development\tcltk-fossil\tcl\win\Release_AMD64_VC1938\tclstub86.lib" "C:\Users\francois\Documents\Development\tcltk-fossil\tcl\win\Release_AMD64_VC1938\tcl86ts.lib"  -stack:2300000 C:\Users\francois\Documents\Development\tcltk-fossil\tk\win\Release_AMD64_VC1938\tk_ThreadedStatic\testMain.obj C:\Users\francois\Documents\Development\tcltk-fossil\tk\win\Release_AMD64_VC1938\tk_ThreadedStatic\tkSquare.obj C:\Users\francois\Documents\Development\tcltk-fossil\tk\win\Release_AMD64_VC1938\tk_ThreadedStatic\tkTest.obj C:\Users\francois\Documents\Development\tcltk-fossil\tk\win\Release_AMD64_VC1938\tk_ThreadedStatic\tkOldTest.obj C:\Users\francois\Documents\Development\tcltk-fossil\tk\win\Release_AMD64_VC1938\tk_ThreadedStatic\tkWinTest.obj C:\Users\francois\Documents\Development\tcltk-fossil\tk\win\Release_AMD64_VC1938\tk_ThreadedStatic\tktest.res C:\Users\francois\Documents\Development\tcltk-fossil\tk\win\Release_AMD64_VC1938\tkstub86.lib C:\Users\francois\Documents\Development\tcltk-fossil\tk\win\Release_AMD64_VC1938\tk86ts.lib'á: code retour '0x49d'
Stop.
</verbatim>

So, possible fix [dc10eade|here]

So, possible fix [c10eadeeaadbf1a|here]

So, possible fix [c10eadeeaadbf1a|here]

The timeout with 8.6 avrually is a panic (FindResourceW).