i googled some, but apparently no-one else is having problems with tk-8.14.8.
here, compilation fails thus: i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -c -O2 -O2 -march=athlon-xp -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -Wall -Wno-implicit-int -fno-strict-aliasing -fPIC -I/va r/tmp/portage/dev-lang/tk-8.4.18/work/tk8.4.18/unix -I/var/tmp/portage/dev-lang/tk-8.4.18/work/tk8.4.18/unix/../generic -I/var/tmp/portage/d ev-lang/tk-8.4.18/work/tk8.4.18/unix/../bitmaps -I/usr/lib/tcl8.4/include/generic -DPACKAGE_NAME=\"\" -DPACKAGE_TARNAME=\"\" -DPACKAGE_VERS ION=\"\" -DPACKAGE_STRING=\"\" -DPACKAGE_BUGREPORT=\"\" -DSTDC_HEADERS=1 -DHAVE_SYS_TYPES_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_STAT_H=1 -DHAVE_STDLIB_H=1 -DHAVE_S TRING_H=1 -DHAVE_MEMORY_H=1 -DHAVE_STRINGS_H=1 -DHAVE_INTTYPES_H=1 -DHAVE_STDINT_H=1 -DHAVE_UNISTD_H=1 -DHAVE_LIMITS_H=1 -DHAVE_UNISTD_H=1 -DUSE_THREAD_ALLOC=1 -D_REENTRANT=1 -D_THREAD_SAFE=1 -DHAVE_PTHREAD_ATTR_SETSTACKSIZE=1 -DHAVE_PTHREAD_ATFORK=1 -DTCL_THREADS=1 -DPEEK_XCLOSE IM=1 -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE=1 -DTCL_WIDE_INT_TYPE=long\ long -DHAVE_STRUCT_STAT64=1 -DHAVE_OPEN64=1 -DHAVE_LSEEK64=1 -DHAVE_TYPE_OFF64_T=1 -D HAVE_SYS_TIME_H=1 -DTIME_WITH_SYS_TIME=1 -DHAVE_PW_GECOS=1 -DTCL_NO_DEPRECATED -DUSE_TCL_STUBS /var/tmp/portage/dev-lang/tk-8.4.18/work/tk8.4.18/unix/../generic/tkConsole.c /var/tmp/portage/dev-lang/tk-8.4.18/work/tk8.4.18/unix/../generic/tkConsole.c:76: error: 'TCL_CHANNEL_VERSION_4' undeclared here (not in a function) /var/tmp/portage/dev-lang/tk-8.4.18/work/tk8.4.18/unix/../generic/tkConsole.c:90: warning: excess elements in struct initializer /var/tmp/portage/dev-lang/tk-8.4.18/work/tk8.4.18/unix/../generic/tkConsole.c:90: warning: (near initialization for 'consoleChannelType') make: *** [tkConsole.o] Error 1 make: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs.... -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list