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From: Harald Oehlmann <wortkarg3@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: tcl9: lib folder not in auto_path
Date: Sat, 2 Nov 2024 13:22:05 +0100
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Ashok,
thanks a lot, I found it. It is "lib".
But "pwd" gives the current folder, which is "C:/test/tcl9.0.0".
So, it searches in C:/test/tcl9.0.0/lib (which does not exist).
It is in "C:/test/tcl9.0.0/tcl900/lib" ("tcl900" subfolder)

I think, it is a bad idea to have a relative component in the auto path. 
It is IMHO also a security hole.

Thank you for all,
Harald

Am 02.11.2024 um 07:45 schrieb Ashok:
> Harald,
> 
> Not sure why it does not find log but from your output, c:/test/ 
> tcl9.0.0/tcl900/lib is in fact already in the path (albeit with forward 
> slashes)
> 
> The external lib folder is present in auto_path in all the Tcl 9 
> installations I checked
> 
> /Ashok
> 
> On 11/2/2024 1:00 AM, Harald Oehlmann wrote:
>> Dear TCL team,
>> I have build and installed TCL 9.0.0 using the nmake with 32 bit MS-VS 
>> 2015 to folder c:\test\tcl9.0.0\tcl900
>>
>> The lib folder containes the bundled packages, like:
>> c:\test\tcl9.0.0\tcl900\lib\tdbc
>>
>> % package require TDBC
>> 1.1.9
>> % package files tdbc
>> C:/test/tcl9.0.0/tcl900/lib/tdbc1.1.9/pkgIndex.tcl C:/test/tcl9.0.0/ 
>> tcl900/lib/tdbc1.1.9/tdbc.tcl
>>
>> Then, I have installed TCLLIB 2.0 to its lib folder:
>> c:\test\tcl9.0.0\tcl900\lib
>>
>> (remark that the installer has proposed to embed it into the zip. I 
>> have changed this).
>>
>> For example, the package log is in folder
>> c:\test\tcl9.0.0\tcl900\lib\log
>>
>> But:
>> % package require log
>> -> no such package
>> % set auto_path
>> //zipfs:/lib/tcl/tcl_library //zipfs:/lib/tcl C:/test/tcl9.0.0/tcl900/ 
>> lib //zipfs:/lib/tk/tk_library //zipfs:/lib/tk/tk_library/ttk
>> -> the lib folder is not in the auto path
>> % lappend auto_path {C:\test\tcl9.0.0\tcl900\lib}
>> % package require log
>> 1.5
>>
>> How is tdbc loaded, if not in the auto path?
>>
>> Is it good practice to add the external lib folder to the auto path?
>>
>> Thank you all,
>> Harald
>>
>