[LFS Trac] #5781: tcl-8.6.17

#5781: tcl-8.6.17
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 Reporter:  Douglas R. Reno  |      Owner:  lfs-book
     Type:  enhancement      |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal           |  Milestone:  12.4
Component:  Book             |    Version:  git
 Severity:  normal           |   Keywords:
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 New point version

 {{{
 Summary of Changes since Tcl/Tk 8.6.16:
 --------------------------------------

 This is a patch release, so it primarily includes bug fixes and
 corrections
 to erratic behavior.  Highlighted changes are noted below.  The changes
 file
 at the root of the source tree contains a more complete list.  The
 Timelines
 of all changes are online.

         http://core.tcl-lang.org/tcl/timeline
         http://core.tcl-lang.org/tk/timeline

    * Win: support PNG images in icon files.

    * Aqua: dark mode improvements.

    * Aqua: interop with clipboard managers.

    * Win: [exec] now dispatches App Execution Aliases.

    * Win: [auto_execok] recognizes more shell commands.

    * encoding cp864: missing Euro/Tail-sign.

    * Corrections to zh_cn message catalog for Tk console menu.

    * Fix crashes or hangs or undefined behavior in...
       - Tcl_SplitList on string that exceeds max list size
       - Win: Use-after-free memory corruption in multi-thread [glob].
       - macOs: Pointer alignment in file attribute functions
       - Aqua: tk_getOpenFile
       - div by zero in [$scale get $x $y] when trough resized to
 invisibility.

    * Correct failure in [namespace children $ns $nonGlob].

    * Number parsing failure: [scan "1.[string repeat 1 191]e-321" %g]

    * block cursor size on a tab is too large.

    * Win: incorrect system menu entries for transient toplevels

    * Win: withdrawn transient windows can reappear in taskbar preview.

    * Win: misplaced underline in menu entry

    * Aqua: cannot iconify all windows.

    * Aqua: wm-iconbitmap-{1.4,2.1}, uniwWm-22.3

    * Nested [return -options], cmdMZ-return-2.{19,20,21}.

    * errorline into errorinfo from [$interp eval $script], interp-26.9.

    * Updated bundled packages, libraries, standards, data
       - Itcl 4.3.4
       - sqlite3 3.50.4
       - Thread 2.8.12
       - TDBC* 1.1.12
       - tcltest 2.5.10
       - dde 1.4.5
       - tzdata 2025b
 }}}
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