Re: tcl9: lib folder not in auto_path

Ashok,
the issue is my fault !!!
I have two copies of tcl9 and I picked the wrong one...
Sorry,
Harald
Am 02.11.2024 um 07:45 schrieb Ashok:

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
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The lib folder containes the bundled packages, like:
c:\test\tcl9.0.0\tcl900\lib\tdbc
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% 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
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Then, I have installed TCLLIB 2.0 to its lib folder:
c:\test\tcl9.0.0\tcl900\lib
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(remark that the installer has proposed to embed it into the zip. I have changed this).
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For example, the package log is in folder
c:\test\tcl9.0.0\tcl900\lib\log
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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
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How is tdbc loaded, if not in the auto path?
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Is it good practice to add the external lib folder to the auto path?
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Thank you all,
Harald
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