New tcl-8.5 and 8Kingdoms

[Marcela Maslanova]

I had also look at it and ask upstream about help.

Hans de Goede wrote:
> Michael Thomas wrote:
>> Hans de Goede wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I just tried building 8Kingdoms with the new tcl in rawhide, it builds
>>> fine, but it does not work.
>>>
>>> Any of the actions (moving a unit for example) which normally invoke a
>>> tcl script underneath now no longer work.
>>>
>>> I'm quite good in fixing C bugs but this problem lies either in the
>>> interfacing with tcl or in the tcl code itself and I'm helpless there.
>>> So I hope that someone can try running 8Kingdoms with tcl 8.5, and 
>>> write
>>> a fix.
>>>
>>> Note I've also send a request upstream asking for help, I'll report 
>>> back
>>> here as soon as I get response.
>>>
>>> If I don't have it fixed by F-9 then I will have to remove 8Kingdoms
>>> from Fedora's repositories (better then shipping a broken version).
>>
>> Did you have to make any changes to 8Kingdoms to get it to build with
>> Tcl 8.5?  If so please pass along any patches.  I'll try building and
>> running it myself to see if I can track down the problem.
>>
>
> Nope,
>
> No changes, I also did a diff between the buildlogs, no new compiler 
> warnings or anything like that.
>
> I did build it with gcc-4.3, as I was working on it not building with 
> gcc-4.3 too.
>
> I've just committed my latest 8Kingdoms work to cvs, so you can get it 
> from there, including a patch for the crash you reported (tested using 
> tcl 8.4).
>
> Thanks,
>
> Hans
>