From: George Koehler <kernigh@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Tcl 9
To: Stuart Cassoff <exokoide@yahoo.ca>
Cc: OpenBSD Ports <ports@openbsd.org>
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2025 20:36:20 -0500

On Thu, 4 Dec 2025 15:07:02 -0500 (EST)
Stuart Cassoff <exokoide@yahoo.ca> wrote:

> Back to 9, with fresh freshness.

ok gkoehler@

I installed this lang/tcl/9 and x11/tk/9 on powerpc, then tried wish9
by copying a short example from the internet.

I also experimented with databases/sqlite3-tcl, locally editing it to
have "MODTCL_VERSION = 9".  It made libtcl9sqlite3510.so (instead of
libsqlite3510.so), so I also edited its PLIST.  This allowed tclsh9 to
"package require sqlite3"; then I tried it by copying a short example
from the internet.

Both examples (for tk and sqlite3) ran well.
--gkoehler

> 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.