Pallet requires Tcl directory which is no longer included in MacPorts 2.3.0

[waitsnake@…]

After I got Pallet installed with an workaround that I describe in this ticket here #43922. I was asked from the program to choose the Tcl directory. In older days of Macports this directory was placed under "/Library/Tcl".

In newer times this directory was moved to "/opt/local/share/macports/Tcl/" and a symbolic link was placed in the old directory "/Library/Tcl" to keep older software up and running.

But unfortunately I saw with "pacifist" that all installer packages of Macports 2.3.0 do not include the Tcl directory any longer. I looked in the following installers and Tcl directory was missing there:

• MacPorts-2.3.0-10.9-Mavericks.pkg
• MacPorts-2.3.0-10.8-MountainLion.pkg
• MacPorts-2.3.0-10.7-Lion.pkg
• MacPorts-2.3.0-10.6-SnowLeopard.pkg

So neither the Tcl directory was forgotten in the installer of 2.3.0 or it was removed on purpose? If it was removed on purpose than Pallet needs to be changed that it not needs the files from the Tcl directory any longer.

As workaround look with pacifist in an older installer for Macports version 2.2.1 (e.g. MacPorts-2.2.1-10.9-Mavericks.pkg) and here I could found the Tcl directory and just install this single directory with pacifist.

And now after selecting in Pallet the Tcl directory "/opt/local/share/macports/Tcl" the software finally works a treat.

(to select the Tcl directory first use "goto directory" in finder and than use "select..." in Pallet and drag the folder from the finder windows into the select window of Pallet)

[waitsnake@…]

Unfortunately there is a problem with the workaround I mention here. When you make an "sudo port selfupdate" it will download again all files from version 2.3.0 and delete the Tcl directory because it is not included in this version. After Tcl directory is delated Pallet just crashes after it was started. I reinstall Tcl from 2.2.1 and Pallet works again, but it is real pain if I had to reinstall it manually after each selfupdate. I think we just need a new version of Macports that includes this missing directory.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

MacPorts 2.3.0 for the first time uses its own copy of Tcl, and no longer uses the version of Tcl included in OS X. I believe part of that was removing the /opt/local/share/macports/Tcl directory.

Even before MacPorts 2.3.0 was released, Pallet would not build. There are many other bug reports open. Unfortunately nobody has yet volunteered to update the Pallet code to be compatible with the current versions of OS X, Xcode and MacPorts..