Re: tcl9: lib folder not in auto_path

Harald,
Not sure why it does not find log but from your output, c:/test/tcl9.0.0/tcl900/lib is in fact already in the path (albeit with forward slashes)
The external lib folder is present in auto_path in all the Tcl 9 installations I checked
/Ashok
On 11/2/2024 1:00 AM, Harald Oehlmann wrote:

Dear TCL team,
I have build and installed TCL 9.0.0 using the nmake with 32 bit MS-VS 2015 to folder c:\test\tcl9.0.0\tcl900
 The lib folder containes the bundled packages, like:
c:\test\tcl9.0.0\tcl900\lib\tdbc
 % package require TDBC
1.1.9
% package files tdbc
C:/test/tcl9.0.0/tcl900/lib/tdbc1.1.9/pkgIndex.tcl C:/test/tcl9.0.0/ tcl900/lib/tdbc1.1.9/tdbc.tcl
 Then, I have installed TCLLIB 2.0 to its lib folder:
c:\test\tcl9.0.0\tcl900\lib
 (remark that the installer has proposed to embed it into the zip. I have changed this).
 For example, the package log is in folder
c:\test\tcl9.0.0\tcl900\lib\log
 But:
% package require log
-> no such package
% set auto_path
//zipfs:/lib/tcl/tcl_library //zipfs:/lib/tcl C:/test/tcl9.0.0/tcl900/ lib //zipfs:/lib/tk/tk_library //zipfs:/lib/tk/tk_library/ttk
-> the lib folder is not in the auto path
% lappend auto_path {C:\test\tcl9.0.0\tcl900\lib}
% package require log
1.5
 How is tdbc loaded, if not in the auto path?
 Is it good practice to add the external lib folder to the auto path?
 Thank you all,
Harald