Bug 2374855 - Request to enable blt and blt-devel for EPEL 8 (x86_64)
Summary: Request to enable blt and blt-devel for EPEL 8 (x86_64)
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Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: Fedora EPEL
Classification: Fedora
Component: blt
Version: epel8
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Dmitrij S. Kryzhevich
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2025-06-25 21:18 UTC by angel.rp
Modified: 2026-02-10 05:46 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Description angel.rp 2025-06-25 21:18:25 UTC
Hello,

We would like to request that the blt and blt-devel packages be made available in EPEL 8 for x86_64 architecture.

These packages are available in Fedora (e.g., Fedora 32), and would be helpful for applications on RHEL 8 systems that rely on Tcl/Tk extensions.

Please let us know if there's anything we can do to help enable this, such as testing or contributing to the spec files.

Thank you for considering this request.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Try to install blt or blt-devel on RHEL 8 using EPEL 8:
2.   sudo dnf install blt
Actual Results:
The blt and blt-devel packages are not available in EPEL 8 for x86_64.

Expected Results:
blt and blt-devel should be available in EPEL 8 to support Tcl/Tk-based applications on RHEL systems.

Additional Information:
The packages are available in Fedora (e.g., Fedora 32) as:

- blt-2.4-57.z.fc32.x86_64.rpm
- blt-devel-2.4-57.z.fc32.x86_64.rpm

It would be helpful to have these in EPEL 8. Please consider enabling them or let us know what would be needed to support this request.

Thank you!

Comment 1 angel.rp 2025-07-09 18:01:26 UTC
Hi,
Just following up on this request to see if there's any update or feedback needed from our side.
We're currently maintaining local builds to support some internal Tcl/Tk-based tools, so having these in EPEL would help streamline long-term support.
We’re happy to help with testing or contributing if that would move things forward.

Thanks again for your time.

Comment 2 angel.rp 2026-02-10 05:46:29 UTC
Hi,

Any update on this request?
If this isn’t planned to be worked on or doesn’t fit EPEL, please confirm so I can close the loop with the requester.
If it should be reassigned, please advise.

Thanks.


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