Re: [Xotcl] "Cannot locate library"

From: Uwe Zdun <uwe.zdun_at_wu-wien.ac.at>
Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 12:22:35 +0200

On Tuesday 13 May 2003 11:49, Gustaf Neumann wrote:
>
> > and use the local directory
> > when you are in it so that you don't necessarily have to install.
>
> as stated in my last mail. extending the autopath or tcllibpath
> should solve this.
>

and that (extending the autopath) is exactly what the method
check_library_path essentially does. I think we can get rid
of the part:

            foreach d $::auto_path {
                set xl xotcl$::xotcl::version
                foreach x [list [file join $d $xl] [file join $d .. $xl]] {
                    #puts stderr "check $x"
                    if {[file isdirectory $x]} {
                        set ::xotcl::lib $x
                        set success 1
                        break
                    }
                }
                if {[info exists success]} {break}
            }

if we don't want the xotcl::lib variable ... the rest (except the ENV part) is
needed somewhere, i think. I guess, if we code these things into the pkgindex
files we would need a different version for the Win and unix installation.


> there is code in the xotcl package "package" to determine
> the name of the library directory. an application needing this
> info can use this approach...

I'm not sure, which method do you mean in package.xotcl??

--uwe

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