Tk Source Code

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I was demonstrating to François one method of building for X11 on Mac OS,
and the Makefile creates the Tk library using a library path rather than
a library directory.
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startx &
xvfb :98 &
cd tcl/macosx
../unix/configure --prefix=$HOME/t/localD
make -f Makefile -j 12
make -f Makefile install
cd ../../tk/macosx
../unix/configure --prefix=$HOME/t/localD --with-tcl=$HOME/t/localD/lib --disable-aqua --disable-framework \
        --x-includes=/opt/X11/include --x-libraries=/opt/X11/lib --with-x
make -f Makefile -j 12
make -f Makefile install
# and these damned makefiles are so screwed up...the path to the tk library is incorrectly set.
$HOME/t/localD/bin/wish8.6
     dyld: Library not loaded: <b>/Volumes/Users/bll/t/localD/lib:/opt/X11/lib/libtk8.6.dylib</b>
# so we fix that...
DYLD_FALLBACK_LIBRARY_PATH=$HOME/t/localD/lib $HOME/t/localD/bin/wish8.6
% exit
# it works, there is an X11 display of the wish console.
# you can tell, there is an X logo in the title bar.
DISPLAY=:98 DYLD_FALLBACK_LIBRARY_PATH=$HOME/t/localD/lib $HOME/t/localD/bin/wish8.6
% exit
# and this works also.
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Excellent, thanks!

B.T.W. I tested the build with GNUMakefile too, as far as I can see everything works fine.

Well, the configure script does this:
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if test "x${x_libraries}" != "x"; then
  if test "x${x_libraries}" != "xNONE"; then
    LIB_RUNTIME_DIR="${LIB_RUNTIME_DIR}:${x_libraries}"
  fi
fi
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The problem is the ':' in LIB_RUNTIME_DIR, which was not handled correctly in MacOS. This can only happen if x_libraries is set, so when building with XQuarz. The GNUMakefile always builds with -enable-aqua, so this problem cannot happen when using GNUmakefile.

So, nothing more to do :-)

> I expect the GNUmakefile will get tested by other people.

What does this mean exactly? Is there something to do there as well (if so, we shouldn't close the present ticket yet)? How can I (for instance) test this GNUmakefile?

Fixed merged now to 8.6 and 8.7 branch.

Thanks!

Tcl: core-8-6-branch
Tk: 997b17c3

../unix/configure / x11 
   --disable-aqua --disable-framework \
   --x-includes=... --x-libraries=... --with-x : works
The issue addressed in this ticket is fixed.

../unix/configure / aqua 
   --enable-aqua : works
I seemed to have some caching issues, it kept starting an X11 version.
Some sort of non-issue that I eventually resolved.

I expect the GNUmakefile will get tested by other people.

Proposed fix [997b17c343444e48|here]. @bll, can you check if this works for you?

Assigning to Jan.