From: Stuart Cassoff <exokoide@yahoo.ca>
Subject: Re: Tcl 9
To: OpenBSD Ports <ports@openbsd.org>
Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2025 15:07:02 -0500

Back to 9, with fresh freshness.

Tk now has a dependency on cups-libs.
I'm not ultra-thrilled with adding dependencies,
but we do get printing!

Compare version numbers as strings for added strictness,
because (9 == 9.0) but ("9" != "9.0").

Hardcode MODTCL_VERSION in tcl.port.mk.
Saves a variable dance and reads easier.
Same for Tk.

*_SPEC and conflict have no upper bound;
there won't be separate ports for 9.1, etc.


Stu



Index: tcl.port.mk
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/ports/lang/tcl/tcl.port.mk,v
diff -u -p -u -p -r1.20 tcl.port.mk
--- tcl.port.mk	4 Dec 2025 19:07:05 -0000	1.20
+++ tcl.port.mk	4 Dec 2025 19:08:28 -0000
@@ -2,12 +2,15 @@ CATEGORIES +=		lang/tcl
 
 MODTCL_VERSION ?=	8.5
 
-.if ${MODTCL_VERSION} == 8.5
-_MODTCL_SPEC = 		tcl->=${MODTCL_VERSION},<8.6
+.if ${MODTCL_VERSION} == "8.5"
+_MODTCL_SPEC = 		tcl->=8.5,<8.6
 MODTCL_LIB ?=		tcl85
-.elif ${MODTCL_VERSION} == 8.6
-_MODTCL_SPEC = 		tcl->=${MODTCL_VERSION},<8.7
+.elif ${MODTCL_VERSION} == "8.6"
+_MODTCL_SPEC = 		tcl->=8.6,<8.7
 MODTCL_LIB ?=		tcl86
+.elif ${MODTCL_VERSION} == "9"
+_MODTCL_SPEC = 		tcl->=9.0
+MODTCL_LIB ?=		tcl90
 .endif
 
 MODTCL_BIN ?=		${LOCALBASE}/bin/tclsh${MODTCL_VERSION}



Index: tk.port.mk
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/ports/x11/tk/tk.port.mk,v
diff -u -p -u -p -r1.17 tk.port.mk
--- tk.port.mk	4 Dec 2025 19:07:28 -0000	1.17
+++ tk.port.mk	4 Dec 2025 19:08:08 -0000
@@ -7,12 +7,15 @@ CATEGORIES +=		x11/tk
 MODTK_VERSION ?= 	8.5
 MODTCL_VERSION ?= 	${MODTK_VERSION}
 
-.if ${MODTK_VERSION} == 8.5
-_MODTK_SPEC = 		tk->=${MODTK_VERSION},<8.6
+.if ${MODTK_VERSION} == "8.5"
+_MODTK_SPEC = 		tk->=8.5,<8.6
 MODTK_LIB ?=		tk85
-.elif ${MODTK_VERSION} == 8.6
-_MODTK_SPEC = 		tk->=${MODTK_VERSION},<8.7
+.elif ${MODTK_VERSION} == "8.6"
+_MODTK_SPEC = 		tk->=8.6,<8.7
 MODTK_LIB ?=		tk86
+.elif ${MODTK_VERSION} == "9"
+_MODTK_SPEC = 		tk->=9.0
+MODTK_LIB ?=		tk90
 .endif
 
 MODTK_BIN ?=		${LOCALBASE}/bin/wish${MODTK_VERSION}




On Tue, 14 Jan 2025, Stuart Cassoff wrote:

> Tcl 9 was released this year and I'd like to add it to the ports tree soon.
> 
> Here's an updated tcl.port.mk and diff.
> 
> One thing I'd like is to have "9" instead of "9.0" in files and dirs, like "tclsh9" instead of "tclsh9.0", the port dir itself would be "tcl9".
> A future Tcl 9.1 would simply replace any 9.0.
> I think it would be good/possible to just try to have only one Tcl 9, and eventually only one Tcl: 9.