wish does not run on Snow Leopard

[mdippery@…]

I'm using Mac OS X 10.6.2. I installed the tcl port. It built without problems, but whenever I try to run wish (or a script that uses wish) I get the following error:

TclMacOSXNotifierAddRunLoopMode: Tcl not built with CoreFoundation support

wish then crashes.

[macsforever2000@…]

wfm on Snow Leopard.

Please post the output of the following:

port installed tcl

[blb@…]

Note that the tk port is what gives you wish, so the output from

port installed tcl tk

would be more interesting.

[mdippery@…]

Replying to blb@…:

Note that the tk port is what gives you wish, so the output from

port installed tcl tk

would be more interesting.

Here it is:

The following ports are currently installed:
  tcl @8.5.8_0+darwin+threads (active)
  tk @8.5.7_0+darwin+quartz (active)

(The version numbers are different because I was able to update Tcl, but Tk failed to update to the newest version. This is described in #21512.)

[mdippery@…]

After taking another look, I'm guessing that the real issue is that the +quartz variant for tk doesn't build on Snow Leopard.

[jmr@…]

#20799

[mdippery@…]

I re-examined this issue and found that while the problem cropped up when I launched MacPorts' wish, the issue *is* with tcl, not tk. The problem is that the --disable-corefoundation flag is passed to ./configure when building tcl, but building without CoreFoundation support breaks the +quartz variant of tk.

I'm not sure why tcl is built without CoreFoundation support. I did find ​this post which describes the issue, but clearly fixing *that* issue also breaks usage of tcl with tk +quartz.

I'm posting a patch that fixes the problem, although perhaps it'd be better to allow tcl to have a CoreFoundation-enabled variant? I'll let the maintainers think about it.

[mdippery@…]

Patch to re-enable CoreFoundation support in tcl

[blb@…]

Reopening as it is a separate issue from tk+quartz (this is for Tcl's CoreFoundation support).

[jabronson@…]

Cc Me!

[jmr@…]

I remember claims that CF support caused problems being brought up in relation to one of the recent Tcl/Tk updates.

[tascafoo@…]

Cc Me!

[JACurrivan@…]

Replying to mdippery@…:

I'm using Mac OS X 10.6.2. I installed the tcl port. It built without problems, but whenever I try to run wish (or a script that uses wish) I get the following error:

TclMacOSXNotifierAddRunLoopMode: Tcl not built with CoreFoundation support

wish then crashes.

Hi everyone, I am also having this problem. I am new to MacPorts, can someone run through steps for how to use this tcl.patch? I am not sure which folder I need to be in to apply the patch. Is it as simple as finding that folder and then doing something like "patch -p1 < tcl.patch" ? Thanks.

[zeph0x@…]

mdippery's patch to re-enable CoreFoundation support in tcl, updated for version 8.5.9 of tcl.

[zeph0x@…]

Cc Me!

[zeph0x@…]

Hi everyone, I am also having this problem. I am new to MacPorts, can someone run through steps for how to use this tcl.patch? I am not sure which folder I need to be in to apply the patch. Is it as simple as finding that folder and then doing something like "patch -p1 < tcl.patch" ? Thanks.

Do this:

$ cd /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/lang/tcl
$ sudo patch < ~/Downloads/tcl.2.patch 
$ sudo port install tcl

All Portfiles are found in the /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/port. You can run a find command from there to find your port:

$ find . -type d -iname tcl
./lang/tcl
$ 

Or use the port command to find what folder it is in

$ port info tcl
tcl @8.5.9, Revision 1 (lang)

[macports@…]

The issue seems to be back. wish or using it provide the error. So tcl 8.5.9 does not have the patch from mdippery can someone add it in please

port installed tcl tk
The following ports are currently installed:
  tcl @8.5.7_1+darwin
  tcl @8.5.8_0
  tcl @8.5.8_0+darwin
  tcl @8.5.8_0+universal
  tcl @8.5.9_0+universal (active)
  tk @8.5.7_0+darwin+quartz (active)

[lkraider+ports@…]

I'm seeing this issue too, patch fixes it.

Snow Leopard 10.6.8
macports 2.0.1
tcl @8.5.9_0+threads