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Re: Some fixes lost in rel-4-2-fixes branch
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James Youngman |
Subject: |
Re: Some fixes lost in rel-4-2-fixes branch |
Date: |
Sat, 8 Apr 2006 19:04:23 +0100 |
On 4/8/06, Andreas Metzler <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hello,
> Some fixes seem to have got lost when rel-4-2-fixes ws branched, e.g.
> this change:
IN effect yes, but... see below.
> ------------------
> 2005-06-09 James Youngman <address@hidden>
>
> * locate/testsuite/config/unix.exp:
> Use the new normalize_dir procedure throughout.
>
> * locate/testsuite/config/unix.exp: Move the normalisation into a
> procedure. Don't rely on the "file normalize" command being
> available (it's new in Tcl 8.4).
> ------------------
> is still documented in ChangeLog but is missing in branch.
>
> I simply know of this one because somebody reported a testsuite
> failure with tcl8.3, and I found that this was supposed to be fixed
> according to Changelog.
I recall backing that change out because it caused a problem
somewhere. Unfortunately, I forget where. So I think this specific
regression was deliberate.
However, if other fixes have been left out, that would certainly be a problem.
James