[Pkg-tcltk-devel] Bug#698674: Bug#698674: Multiarchify tcl

[Sergei Golovan]

Hi Wookey!

On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 7:41 AM, Wookey <wookey at wookware.org> wrote:
>
> TCL has not been 'multiarched'. This task has been pending for a
> couple of years, ever since I noticed that tclConfig.sh is
> arch-specific in #611650. The lack of this bit me today trying to
> cross-build sqlite3 which looked for tclConfig.sh in
> /usr/lib/$(DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH)/tclConfig.sh which is the right place,
> but the script isn't there. So I finally had a go at multiarching the
> package.

I've started working on multiarch Tcl/Tk and already uploaded tcl8.6 into
experimental (it's in NEW now). I'm planning to upload tcl8.5 and tcl8.4
in a few days, and then tk*.*. There are only two essential differences
between your and my approaches: 1) I ship all Tcl stuff in tcl8.6-lib package
(which should make it work with embedded interpreters, though it's untested
yet); 2) I've added /usr/lib/tcltk/$(DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH) to the Tcl package
search path (this helps with multiarch-aware packages like Tk).

Cheers!
--
Sergei Golovan