Tcl Source Code

If the Thread package gets installed
in a directory that happens to be on
the auto_path of a Tcl 7 interpreter,
its index script (pkgIndex.tcl) causes
errors in that interpreter.  This can
be corrected by a rewrite of Thread's
pkgIndex.tcl.in file to:

# Tcl package index file, version 1.1

if {![package vsatisfies [package provide Tcl] 8.3]}
{return}
if {[string equal 8.3 [package provide Tcl]]} {
    package ifneeded Thread @THREAD_VERSION_SUBSET83@ \
            [list load [file join $dir
@thread_LIB_FILE@] Thread]
} else {
    package ifneeded Thread @VERSION@ \
            [list load [file join $dir
@thread_LIB_FILE@] Thread]
}
package ifneeded Ttrace @TTRACE_VERSION@ \
        [list source [file join $dir ttrace.tcl]]


(Patch also attached.)

See also http://wiki.tcl.tk/5900

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Yes. This has never been tested. The reason is that 
thread package would work first at 8.3 and later. 
I will however fix the pkgIndex.tcl accordingly. 
In the new upcoming 2.6 version.

File Added - 80430: index.patch