This should be directed to the Perl Tk newsgroup "comp.lang.perl.tk". Understand that use of fork under Tk has been a problem for a long time. And under Windows, the "fork" call is emulated using threads -- as there is no Win32 api "fork" call.
In the Perl Tk newsgroup, on 16 November 2005, there's a thread under the subject "win32 advice needed forks threads or separate processes and pipes" that's worth reading.
Regards,
... Dewey
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 03/09/2006 05:57:19 PM:
> Tk 804.27.0.4: up to date. (from ppm 'upgrade Tk')
> v5.8.7 built for MSWin32-x86-multi-thread Binary build 815 [211909]
>
> I having having a fork problem with Tk code. I
> understand there is a patch to fix it. Looks like
> it was put together for sh to run, which I don't have.
> So before I spend hours figuring out how to do it,
> can anyone tell me if the above Tk release contains the
> fork fix?
>
> Thanks
>
> Here's some dialog on the matter:
>
>
> #
> # To apply this patch:
> # STEP 1: Chdir to the source directory.
> # STEP 2: Run the 'applypatch' program with this patch file as input.
> #
> # If you do not have 'applypatch', it is part of the 'makepatch' package
> # that you can fetch from the Comprehensive Perl Archive Network:
> # http://www.perl.com/CPAN/authors/Johan_Vromans/makepatch-x.y.tar.gz
> # In the above URL, 'x' should be 2 or higher.
> #
> # To apply this patch without the use of 'applypatch':
> # STEP 1: Chdir to the source directory.
> # If you have a decent Bourne-type shell:
> # STEP 2: Run the shell with this file as input.
> # If you don't have such a shell, you may need to manually create
> # the files as shown below.
> # STEP 3: Run the 'patch' program with this file as input.
> #
> # These are the commands needed to create/delete files/directories:
> #
> touch 't/fork.t'
> chmod 0775 't/fork.t'
> #
> # This command terminates the shell and need not be executed manually.
> exit
> #
> #### End of Preamble ####
>
>
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>
>
> --
> Slaven Rezic - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
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