[ originally sent off list ]
>> I filed:
>>
>> http://core.tcl.tk/tcl/tktview/267b7e2334ee2e9de34c4b00d6e72e2f1997085f
> Slightly more than a year, but this is your wake-up call.
>
> The referred tcl bug is fixed with 8.6.1. This version is able to
> finish gcc testsuite without issues.
Thanks.
2014-09-10 Mike Stump <mikest...@comcast.net>
* doc/install.texi (Prerequisites): Note Tcl 8.6 bug fixed in
8.6.1.
Index: install.texi
===================================================================
--- install.texi (revision 214981)
+++ install.texi (working copy)
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ Necessary to run the GCC testsuite; see
details. Tcl 8.6 has a known regression in RE pattern handling that
make parts of the testsuite fail. See
@uref{http://core.tcl.tk/tcl/tktview/267b7e2334ee2e9de34c4b00d6e72e2f1997085f}
-for more information.
+for more information. This bug has been fixed in 8.6.1.
@item autogen version 5.5.4 (or later) and
@itemx guile version 1.4.1 (or later)
