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authorJeremy Huntwork <jhuntwork@linuxfromscratch.org>2005-06-23 20:57:13 +0000
committerJeremy Huntwork <jhuntwork@linuxfromscratch.org>2005-06-23 20:57:13 +0000
commite0ef857ffce177d28c17e7d3640602a3fec6c67d (patch)
treecb89d56ef4fb67c31847386e92490007893e46b6 /chapter05
parentedb984249e98d07ba0e294efc6334a64bd33dec8 (diff)
Added --with-tclinclude flag to Expect build. Bug 1580.
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@6134 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
Diffstat (limited to 'chapter05')
-rw-r--r--chapter05/expect.xml14
-rw-r--r--chapter05/tcl.xml5
2 files changed, 18 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/chapter05/expect.xml b/chapter05/expect.xml
index 6d59bf8e9..7f31933ba 100644
--- a/chapter05/expect.xml
+++ b/chapter05/expect.xml
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ suite run:</para>
<para>Now prepare Expect for compilation:</para>
-<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/tools --with-tcl=/tools/lib --with-x=no</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/tools --with-tcl=/tools/lib \
+ --with-tclinclude=$TCLPATH --with-x=no</userinput></screen>
<para>The meaning of the configure options:</para>
@@ -51,6 +52,13 @@ one on the host system.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
+<term><parameter>--with-tclinclude=$TCLPATH</parameter></term>
+<listitem><para>This explicitly tells Expect where to find Tcl's source directory
+containing its internal headers. Using this option avoids conditions where configure fails
+because it hasn't automatically discovered the location of the Tcl source directory.</para></listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>--with-x=no</parameter></term>
<listitem><para>This tells the configure script not to search for Tk
(the Tcl GUI component) or the X Window System libraries, both of
@@ -82,6 +90,10 @@ scripts, which are not needed.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
+<para>Now remove the TCLPATH variable:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput>unset TCLPATH</userinput></screen>
+
<para>The source directories of both Tcl and Expect can now be removed.</para>
</sect2>
diff --git a/chapter05/tcl.xml b/chapter05/tcl.xml
index ccb183a93..9d8dec092 100644
--- a/chapter05/tcl.xml
+++ b/chapter05/tcl.xml
@@ -68,6 +68,11 @@ Details on the <envar>TZ</envar> environment variable is provided in
<filename class="directory">tcl&tcl-version;</filename> source directory yet, as the next package
will need its internal headers.</para></warning>
+<para>Set a variable containing the full path of the current directory.
+The next package, Expect, will use this variable to find Tcl's headers.</para>
+
+<screen><userinput>export TCLPATH=`pwd`</userinput></screen>
+
<para>Now make a necessary symbolic link:</para>
<screen><userinput>ln -s tclsh8.4 /tools/bin/tclsh</userinput></screen>