New tcl-8.5 and 8Kingdoms

Michael Thomas wart at kobold.org
Thu Jan 3 22:07:03 UTC 2008


Hans de Goede wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I just tried building 8Kingdoms with the new tcl in rawhide, it builds
> fine, but it does not work.
> 
> Any of the actions (moving a unit for example) which normally invoke a
> tcl script underneath now no longer work.
> 
> I'm quite good in fixing C bugs but this problem lies either in the
> interfacing with tcl or in the tcl code itself and I'm helpless there.
> So I hope that someone can try running 8Kingdoms with tcl 8.5, and write
> a fix.
> 
> Note I've also send a request upstream asking for help, I'll report back
> here as soon as I get response.
> 
> If I don't have it fixed by F-9 then I will have to remove 8Kingdoms
> from Fedora's repositories (better then shipping a broken version).

Did you have to make any changes to 8Kingdoms to get it to build with
Tcl 8.5?  If so please pass along any patches.  I'll try building and
running it myself to see if I can track down the problem.

--Wart




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