Bypass test-for-tk.tcl?
[email protected] (Christopher Chavez) Mon, 30 Jul 2018 07:14:15 -0500
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--Apple-Mail=_D298FBE5-26E7-4F08-8035-FC9F5122B9AA Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 For the MacPorts portfiles I made for both Tcl::Tk and Tcl::pTk, I = currently use a patch to remove the `$tclsh test-for-tk.tcl` usage from = Makefile.PL, since it doesn't work from MacPorts (either there is no X = server available to the user that MacPorts runs as, or perl somehow = isn=E2=80=99t getting any output from tclsh): cf. = https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/2036/files#diff-e284154b6d= 6ebcccb1e2d72b7d3d318f = <https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/2036/files#diff-e284154b6= d6ebcccb1e2d72b7d3d318f> = https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/2231/files#diff-95d5f69547= 8328ce2638066699edf49b = <https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/2231/files#diff-95d5f6954= 78328ce2638066699edf49b> https://trac.macports.org/ticket/56825 = <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/56825> Would it be appropriate to add a flag for Makefile.PL to skip running = test-for-tk, for uses such as MacPorts where (hopefully) any = dependencies are already installed correctly. Then, all that=E2=80=99s = needed by the portfiles are the flag, rather than a patch (which has to = stay current with test-for-tk is being run). Or, some better alternative I haven=E2=80=99t thought of?= --Apple-Mail=_D298FBE5-26E7-4F08-8035-FC9F5122B9AA Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Dutf-8"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=3D"">For = the MacPorts portfiles I made for both Tcl::Tk and Tcl::pTk, I currently = use a patch to remove the `$tclsh test-for-tk.tcl` usage from = Makefile.PL, since it doesn't work from MacPorts (either there is no X = server available to the user that MacPorts runs as, or perl somehow = isn=E2=80=99t getting any output from tclsh): cf. <a = href=3D"https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/2036/files#diff-e2= 84154b6d6ebcccb1e2d72b7d3d318f" = class=3D"">https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/2036/files#diff= -e284154b6d6ebcccb1e2d72b7d3d318f</a> <a = href=3D"https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/2231/files#diff-95= d5f695478328ce2638066699edf49b" = class=3D"">https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/2231/files#diff= -95d5f695478328ce2638066699edf49b</a> <a = href=3D"https://trac.macports.org/ticket/56825" = class=3D"">https://trac.macports.org/ticket/56825</a><div class=3D""><br = class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">Would it be appropriate to add a flag = for Makefile.PL to skip running test-for-tk, for uses such as MacPorts = where (hopefully) any dependencies are already installed correctly. = Then, all that=E2=80=99s needed by the portfiles are the flag, rather = than a patch (which has to stay current with test-for-tk is being = run).</div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">Or, some = better alternative I haven=E2=80=99t thought of?</div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail=_D298FBE5-26E7-4F08-8035-FC9F5122B9AA--