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Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2002 12:58:00 -0000
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf@redhat.com>
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Subject: Re: [patch] Fix expect build under cygwin + Tcl/Tk 8.3
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On Mon, Jul 15, 2002 at 11:49:40AM -0700, Keith Seitz wrote:
>On Mon, 15 Jul 2002, Christopher Faylor wrote:
>
>> Again, expect is not supposed to be using the windows version of
>> anything.  It is supposed to be using the cygwin/unix version.
>
>And this is the confusing part. There are actually TWO versions of tcl
>that are built for cygwin.
>
>One attempts to be windows, using windows-style pathnames.
>::tcl_platform(platform) is "windows". The other attempts to be unixy. It
>has unix pathnames (afair) and ::tcl_platform(platform) is "unix".
>
>The former is the "real" tcl/tk for cygwin. Insight uses this DLL and
>import lib.
>
>Expect, however, uses the latter DLL. AFAICT, expect is the only client
>for this special DLL, and it is why we cannot disable builds in tcl/unix
>for cygwin hosts.

It's not supposed to be a dll.  It is supposed to be a static library and
it is only supposed to be linked with expect.  It isn't even supposed to
be installed.

cgf