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From:	Mike Kuhl <mkuhl AT pixstream DOT com>
To:	"'McCunney, Dennis'" <DMcCunney AT roper DOT com>,
	"'Mumit Khan'"
	<khan AT xraylith DOT wisc DOT EDU>
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Subject:	RE: Tcl exposes problem with cygwin/echo?
Date:	Thu, 15 Jul 1999 08:10:31 -0400
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I downloaded the latest tcl/tk binary package from scriptics, installed it,
made sure TCL_LIBRARY was pointing there instead of the cygwin-built
libraries, explicitly invoked /tcl/bin/tclsh81 from a bash shell, and tried
the test again.  I got the same (wrong) results.

I don't think it's a problem with the tcl/tk package, as both the
cygwin-built tcl/tk and the scriptics-built tcl/tk packages give me the same
results.

Mike.


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-----Original Message-----
From: McCunney, Dennis [mailto:DMcCunney AT roper DOT com]
Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 1999 5:31 PM
To: 'Mumit Khan'
Cc: 'cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com'
Subject: RE: Tcl exposes problem with cygwin/echo?


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mumit Khan [mailto:khan AT xraylith DOT wisc DOT EDU]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 1999 3:38 PM
> To: Dr. Volker Zell
> Cc: McCunney, Dennis; 'Mike Kuhl'; Cygwin Mailing list (E-mail)
> Subject: Re: Tcl exposes problem with cygwin/echo?
> 
> On 14 Jul 1999, Dr. Volker Zell wrote:
> 
> > I recompiled tcl from the Cygwin distribution as a X11 app by
> > undefining __WIN32__
> > In my case I get:
> > 
> > vzell:/tmp> tclsh
> > % set test {"This is a test."}
> > "This is a test."
> > % exec echo $test
> > "This is a test."
> 
> The win32/Cygwin port of Tcl/Tk has lots of these subtle (and not so
> subtle) problems. And, these problem won't go away until someone goes
> in and fixes them. Unfortunately, a "real" Cygwin port is a lot of work
> and chances are that we'll simply slowly patch the current code to
> behave better under Cygwin. Cygwin Tcl/Tk "exec" is full of holes 
> currently.
> 
> Regards,
> Mumit

That was roughly what I thought.  Since I have a working Win32 port of the
Tcl-Tk  8.0 from other sources, I'll just bypass the Cygwin version for any
Win32 Tcl-Tk stuff I need to do.  Bottom line: it's a Cygwin bug, and not
something the users are doing wrong.

Thanks for the confirmation.

______
Dennis

  

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