Bug 227725 – Tcl needs to Provide: an abi version

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Bug 227725 - Tcl needs to Provide: an abi version

Summary:	Tcl needs to Provide: an abi version

Status:	CLOSED RAWHIDE

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Product:	Fedora
Classification:	Fedora
Component:	tcl (Show other bugs)
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Version:	rawhide
Hardware:	All Linux

Priority	medium Severity medium
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Assigned To:	Marcela Mašláňová
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Reported:	2007-02-07 14:28 EST by Wart
Modified:	2007-11-30 17:11 EST (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Last Closed:	2007-04-06 03:21:56 EDT
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Description Wart 2007-02-07 14:28:19 EST

Description of problem:
Tcl applications and extensions need an easier way to require a specific Tcl
major.minor version, ignoring the patchlevel.  For example, if I have a Tcl
package that requires Tcl 8.4, but won't work with Tcl 8.5, I need to express
this as:

Requires: tcl < 8.5.0, tcl >= 8.4.0

It would be much simpler to use:

Requires: tcl(abi) = 8.4

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
tcl-8.5a5-7.fc7

Additional info:
This should be easy to fix.  Add the following line to the Tcl spec file:
Provides: tcl(abi)=%{majorver}

Comment 1 Marcela Mašláňová 2007-03-21 08:39:21 EDT

Fix in tcl-8.4.13-15.fc7

Comment 2 Sander Hoentjen 2007-03-22 15:41:51 EDT

where would i be able to find this version?
http://cvs.fedora.redhat.com/viewcvs/devel/tcl/ doesn't seem to have it.

Comment 3 Marcela Mašláňová 2007-03-26 10:32:22 EDT

Sorry it's tcl-8.4.13-14.fc7

Comment 4 Sander Hoentjen 2007-03-26 11:26:33 EDT

The same applies for tcl-8.4.13-14.fc7. The newest version in rawhide and in
http://cvs.fedora.redhat.com/viewcvs/devel/tcl/ is tcl-8.4.13-13.fc7

Comment 5 Wart 2007-04-05 13:35:03 EDT

The fix is not quite correct:

Provides: tcl(abi)=%{majorver}

...should be

Provides: tcl(abi) = %{majorver}

Note the spaces around the '=' sign.  If the spaces are not present, then the
Provides is treated as a literal unversioned string.  With the spaces, it is a
versioned Provides and comparison operators can be used, such as "Requires:
tcl(abi) > 8.4"

Comment 6 Marcela Mašláňová 2007-04-06 03:21:56 EDT

Thanks. I fixed the typo.

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