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Re: Uploaded perl-tk 400.202-6 (source i386) to master



>>>>> "AJ" == Andreas Jellinghaus <aj@dungeon.inka.de> writes:

  >> * Changed dependency to wish (hope that's right)...
  AJ> maybe not : if you use some binary parts of tk (compile with
  AJ> libtk8.0 e.g.), you should depend on tk8.0 (or tk80 - don't
  AJ> know).

  AJ> reason : your package will only run with that library and
  AJ> nothing else.

  AJ> the virtual package names "tclsh" and "wish" should be used by
  AJ> scripts, as they only need an interpreter, no matter what
  AJ> version.

Actually, perl-tk shouldn't have a dependency on tk or wish at
all. perl-tk uses a slightly modified version of the Tk library called
pTk (for portable Tk), and builds that into the Tk module, if I
remember correctly.

-Larry

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