tclsh does not have /Library/Tcl in its path

[shreevatsa.public@…]

The Tcl from MacPorts does not seem to have /Library/Tcl in its path, which, ironically, makes it harder to work with MacPorts. (For "package require macports", etc.)

Example:

$ echo 'puts $auto_path' | /opt/local/bin/tclsh
/opt/local/lib/tcl8.5 /opt/local/lib
$ 
$ echo 'puts $auto_path' | /usr/bin/tclsh
/System/Library/Frameworks/Tcl.framework/Versions/8.4/Resources/Scripts /System/Library/Frameworks/Tcl.framework/Versions/8.4/Resources /usr/lib ~/Library/Tcl /Library/Tcl /Network/Library/Tcl /System/Library/Tcl ~/Library/Frameworks /Library/Frameworks /Network/Library/Frameworks /System/Library/Frameworks

[raimue@…]

MacPorts' /opt/local/bin/port loads /Library/Tcl/macports1.0/macports_fastload.tcl explicitely. So this should not be a problem.

As you compared to Apple's tclsh: Which of these paths should be added besides /Library/Tcl?

[shreevatsa.public@…]

Sorry, I don't know anything about Tcl; I don't know what paths should be added or to what variable (or else I would have submitted a patch instead :-)), but adding /Library/Tcl to auto_path seems to be sufficient to do "package require macports" in a Tcl script.

[afb@…]

Replying to 14537:

The Tcl from MacPorts does not seem to have /Library/Tcl in its path, which, ironically, makes it harder to work with MacPorts. (For "package require macports", etc.)

Normally one uses /usr/bin/tclsh (system version) for MacPorts ?

For instance Perl and Python doesn't include system paths either...

[shreevatsa.public@…]

Yes, I can use the system version (or use the full path when loading a package).

If it is MacPorts policy not to include system paths, then I guess this is an invalid bug, and can be closed. (I don't see the reason for the policy, though.)

[jmr@…]

Assigning to maintainer.