Bug#351324: lintian: incorrect tcl test
James R Van Zandt <jrvz@comcast.net> writes:
> Russ -
>> I'd rather still check the dependencies, though, so I'm trying to
>> figure out what the right dependency is. I would expect the virtual
>> tclx package to be the right dependency, but as you say, tclx8.4
>> doesn't provide /usr/bin/tcl. Do you have any idea why? It seems like
>> it should; TclX has always provided the tcl binary in my experience.
> It's an upstream change. From the tclx8.4 README:
> TclX 8.4 differs from its predecessors in that it is based more on the
> idea of TclX as an extension to Tcl, and not an alternate environment.
> There is no TkX and no stand-alone shells are built.
> ...which is why I suggested the dependency check should be on tclx8.3.
Aha, now I understand. Thank you for the explanation! I've applied a
patch to fix the dependency lintian expects.
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Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
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