tcl/tk 8.3 vs 8.4

[Helmut Jarausch]

On  2 Apr, Rui Luís Pires wrote:
> 
> Hi everyone,
> 
> 
> We have recently upgraded one of our pc's with a another linux
> distribution which comes shipped with tcl/tk 8.4.
> 
> All the other pc's still have 8.3 and this was the one used to
> compile tkrat when I installed it.
> 
> However, on this new machine with tcl/tk8.4, tkrat abbruptly
> terminates with a segmentation fault immediately after starting.
> 
> Has anyone experienced this or other incompatibilities?
> 
> All feedback appreciated.

Normally when compiled against tcl/tk8.3 the binary requires the dynamic
libraries  libtk8.3.so and libtcl8.3.so, while a system with
tcl/tk8.4
requires libtk8.4.so and libtcl8.4.so.
If the your new machine does have valid libtk8.3.so / libtcl8.3.so
libraries there should be no problem. On the other hand if it doesn't
have these it shouldn't load at all.

-- 
Helmut Jarausch

Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik
RWTH - Aachen University
D 52056 Aachen, Germany