snipped] > . . . (Fair enough, for an interpreted language the CPU architecture often > > doesn't matter, but there are cases where some bugs only happen on > certain > hardware and it is not possible to reproduce elsewhere).
Yes, and Tcl being a multiplatform language has sometimes inside the programas this one does a test on which OS is running and act accordingly. I also hope maintainers take a look soon. In fact, it seems that in an earlierrelease of the package the move to use the defautl interpreter was commented but for some reason didn't see it performed in the releases for Ubuntu up to the version I tested. --Cesar Rabak -----Original Message----- From: Hans Joachim Desserud <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tue, Apr 6, 2021 1:31 pm Subject: [Bug 1921803] Re: visual-regexp fails to start complaining “wish8.5” not found >W.r.t. use of apport, there could not be anything in apport as the application didn't start at all, isn't it? Whether or not the application starts, ubuntu-bug still adds information based on the package. I pulled up a random example, if you take a look at the last section in bug 1558370, that's automatically added info on package version, the Ubuntu release and architecture. (Fair enough, for an interpreted language the CPU architecture often doesn't matter, but there are cases where some bugs only happen on certain hardware and it is not possible to reproduce elsewhere). In this case, it's pretty straight forward to recreate. (And the suggested solution looks good, I hope the maintainers will take a look at it soon :) ) But there are cases where it helps with the additional information to tell if the bug might have been fixed in a newer release, or if I'm missing something. -- You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1921803 Title: visual-regexp fails to start complaining “wish8.5” not found Status in visual-regexp package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: The Tcl file visual-regexp installed at /usr/bin has the interpreter “wish8.5” hard coded in the shebang line. However newer versions of Tcl have wish8.6 installed. A solution would be to remove the specific version on the shebang line leaving only "wish" as the installation of Tcl automatically creates a link to the correct version of wish. Presently the possibility of having too earlier versions of wish in a machine are remote, so just this correction should sufice. If it is deemed a more conservative approach should be used, then the mechanisms of checking the interpreter version could be put at the very start of the program. HTH -- Cesar Rabak To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/visual-regexp/+bug/1921803/+subscriptions -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1921803 Title: visual-regexp fails to start complaining “wish8.5” not found To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/visual-regexp/+bug/1921803/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
