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Problems in the makefile.vc and test files prevent the thread package from being successfully built on Win32 using MSVC6 or MSVC8.

(1) The link flag -nodefaultlib:msvcrt has been added in the case of non-static builds (which must link against MSVCRT).  This was probably added in error because Thread failed to link against a Tcl DLL which was compiled with different library flags (-MT instead of -MD).  This flag must be removed.

(2) tests/all.tcl doesn't correctly load the Thread DLL (specified via -loadfile by the makefile.vc), so tests can't run at all.

(3) tests/thread.test attempts to resolve $::tcl_PatchLevel on non-unix platforms (note capatalisation error: should be $::tcl_patchLevel).

The attached patch fixes all these errors and bumps the package version to 2.6.6 (in configure.in and pkg.vc).  The maintainer will need to reconfigure.

Update the msvc build files for the more recent versions that support the newer compilers and platforms. All tests pass ok on 32 and 64 bit versions.

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On this patch is applied the following bugs/patches can also be closed:

[ 1716587 ] Thread tests can't run (bad args from makefile)
[ 1689375 ] Update VC makefile for Threads (Fix for bug 1643367)
[ 1643367 ] Thread extension cannot compile with VC8

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