From: John Fletcher <J.P.Fletcher@...>
Date: 2003-06-10T21:24:48+09:00
Subject: Re: tcltklib does not get compiled.



John Fletcher wrote:

> I have installed ruby 1.6.7 on two computers using Red Hat 8.0 Linux.
> This installs tcl in usr rather than usr/local.  I want to use the Tk
> extension.
>
> On one computer the make for Ruby does not compile tcltklib. It seems to
> just pass over it.  The log from make goes
>
> compiling tcltklib
> compiling tk
>
> and it then compiles tkutil.c and makes tkutil.so but does not touch
> tcltklib.
>
> On the other installation it does make tcltklib.so.  The only difference
> I can identify is that the second computer had Red Hat 8 as an upgrade
> from RH 7.2, and the first computer has it as a new installation.
>
> Is there anything I can do to force make to build tcltklib?
>
> Thank you
>
> John Fletcher

I also have tried building Ruby 1.6.8 with the same result.

Looking in the archive I can find this question asked a number of times on
different systems but no answer.

John