Re: tk required for rebuilding X11 port ?n

["Todd T. Fries" <todd@fries.net>]

look at xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/etc/bindist/OpenBSD-ix86/host.def

If you wish to use another tcl version, you are in uncharted territory
(but report back if you like to chart).

<dont try this at home>
Yes, the X11 tree when doing a full build for release requires tk.
For those of you who see the dependency of tk on X and X on tk, this
is not really as bad as it sounds.  One can build X without tk by
commenting out the '#define TCL YES' in the above mentioned host.def file,
doing a full build, and one would have X without tk (aka without XF86Setup),
and then tk could be compiled against X, and X rebuilt to include
XF86Setup.  Since the X headers and libraries have not changed save
bugfixes, this cyclic dependency is not a problem.  When/if they do change,
it's my job to get this taken care of 'properly' and you guys just get
to download and install the result.
</dont try this at home>

I'm surprised you got an error, though, since the machine I build X on
has tk-8.0.5 currently.

I'd be curious to know your exact cmdline history from checkout to build error,
I believe the error may be related in some way.

On Tue, Oct 17, 2000 at 10:49:51AM -0600, dreamwvr wrote:
> hi,
>   Am ccing misc in case this is not the appropiate list. thanks.. Anyhow 
> decided to install X in OBSD to check it out (Usually never use X on OBSD 
> sys but thought i would go for the full meal deal and live a little.:-))
> Was applying the patches including the huge one as quoted on errata the patch
> hunks apply just  fine.  But when compiling the X11 tree i get a error that Tk
> gt or eq to  4.1 is required. Whereas i just installed tk 8.0.5 from ports.
> Which toolkit will work? So that X11 source branch plays nice with the 
> tk just installed? 
> 					TIA				
> 					dreamwvr@dreamwvr.com
>