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Bug#200264: tetex's dependencies on texdoctk, dvipdfm, perl-tk



On 20.04.04 Julian Gilbey (jdg@polya.uklinux.net) wrote:

Hi Julian,

I'm just a perl beginner. Excuse me to ask questions.

> --- /tmp/texdoctk.orig	2004-04-20 22:10:43.000000000 +0100
> +++ /tmp/texdoctk	2004-04-20 22:18:13.000000000 +0100
> @@ -9,9 +7,20 @@
>  # disclaimer.
>  ###############################################################################
>  use strict;
> -use Tk;
>  use Getopt::Long;
>  Getopt::Long::config('bundling');
> +use Tk;
> 
Isn't that use surplus, as the loading of the Tk-Module is done using
"require" and "import"?

> +BEGIN {
> +    eval { require Tk; import Tk; };
> +    if ($@) {
> +	my $progname = basename($0);
> +	if ($@ =~ /^Can\'t locate Tk\.pm/) {
> +	    die "$progname: you must have the perl-tk package installed\nto use this script\n";
> +	} else {
> +	    die "$progname: problem loading the Tk module:\n  $@\nHave you installed the perl-tk package?\n";
> +	}
> +    }
> +}
> 
I see, that you're differing between two cases. However I don't see
any sense in doing that, as it should be sufficient to evaluate the
exit status of the require-import command, which is done before.
What am I missing?
In general the solution sounds good, however I still prefer a
message, which is visible even if texdoctk was started using the
Debian-menu system.... just to prevent lame bug reports.

Hilmar 
-- 
sigmentation fault



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