[tclxml and tcltk8.5] 'package require xml' fails

[wim sturkenboom]

Notes: tclxml and tcltk8.4 don't give this issue
platform: PC

ubuntu 8.04 (upgraded from 6.06)

installed are both tcltk8.4 and tcltk8.5 from repositories
tcllib1.10 from repositories installed
tclxml3.1 from repositories installed
in tclsh8.4, package require xml works
in tclsh8.5, package require xml does not work

fortyfourgalena@desktop1:~/progs/tcl/simpledb$ tclsh
% puts $tcl_version
8.4
% package require xml
3.1
% exit

fortyfourgalena@desktop1:~/progs/tcl/simpledb$ /usr/bin/tclsh8.5
% puts $tcl_version
8.5
% package require xml
attempt to provide package sgmlparser 1.1 failed: package sgmlparser 1.0 provided instead
% exit

[Wesley Schwengle (wesleys)]

This is the solution:

http://groups.google.com/group/linux.debian.bugs.dist/browse_thread/thread/ef5774c9a6fd6c1e

$ tclsh8.5
% puts $tcl_version
8.5
% package require xml
attempt to provide package sgmlparser 1.1 failed: package sgmlparser 1.0 provided instead
% exit
invalid command name "quit"

$ sudo patch < sgmlparser.tcl.patch
can't find file to patch at input line 3
Perhaps you should have used the -p or --strip option?
The text leading up to this was:
--------------------------
|--- /usr/lib/Tclxml3.1/sgmlparser.tcl.orig 2009-08-31 10:40:10.000000000 +0200
|+++ /usr/lib/Tclxml3.1/sgmlparser.tcl 2009-08-31 10:38:25.000000000 +0200
--------------------------
File to patch: /usr/lib/Tclxml3.1/sgmlparser.tcl
patching file /usr/lib/Tclxml3.1/sgmlparser.tcl

$ tclsh8.5
zsh: correct 'tclsh8.5' to 'tclsh8.4' [nyae]? n
%
% puts $tcl_version
8.5
% package require xml
3.1
% exit

This patch resolves the issue for 8.5 and does not affect 8.4

[Wesley Schwengle (wesleys)]

I can confirm it happens on 8.04 and on 9.10 development release

Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 8.04.3 LTS
Release: 8.04
Codename: hardy

tcl8.4:
  Installed: 8.4.16-4ubuntu1
  Candidate: 8.4.16-4ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 8.4.16-4ubuntu1 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
tcl8.5:
  Installed: 8.5.0-2ubuntu1
  Candidate: 8.5.0-2ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 8.5.0-2ubuntu1 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/universe Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
tclxml:
  Installed: 3.1-2
  Candidate: 3.1-2
  Version table:
 *** 3.1-2 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/universe Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu karmic (development branch)
Release: 9.10
Codename: karmic

tcl8.4:
  Installed: 8.4.19-3
  Candidate: 8.4.19-3
  Version table:
 *** 8.4.19-3 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
tcl8.5:
  Installed: 8.5.7-1
  Candidate: 8.5.7-1
  Version table:
 *** 8.5.7-1 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
tclxml:
  Installed: 3.1-3
  Candidate: 3.1-3
  Version table:
 *** 3.1-3 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic/universe Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

[Andrej Shadura (andrew.sh)]

The bug is fixed in the new upstream version, which is available in Debian testing.

[Wesley Schwengle (wesleys)]

Would it be possible to get the fixes in all the current releases (8.04-9.10) and/or backported to these releases?

[Andrej Shadura (andrew.sh)]

Wesley, ask Ubuntu people, as I'm not the maintainer here. At least, you can backport by yourself, just do:

$ wget http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/t/tclxml/tclxml_3.2-1.dsc http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/t/tclxml/tclxml_3.2.orig.tar.gz http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/t/tclxml/tclxml_3.2-1.diff.gz
$ dpkg-source -x tclxml_3.2-1.dsc
$ cd tclxml-3.2
$ dpkg-buildpackage