Thanks to:
John D Groenveld <groenvel@cse.psu.edu>
jem@electriciti.com
john <john@a3bgate.nai.net>
Roger Blayney <R.Blayney@greenwich.ac.uk>
And a halfhearted thank you/raspberry combo to:
Matthias Kurz <mk@baerlap.north.de>
The winning answer was from Roger Blayney:
> Martin,
>
> I haven't tried it myself, but this extract from the Expect FAQ
> (http://www.cme.nist.gov/pub/expect/FAQ.html) may be useful if you
> haven't already come across it:
>
> 25.Why can't I compile Expect with Tcl 7.5?
>
> You can - you just need a newer version of Expect and the new Expect
> is still in beta. The new Expect (version 5.20) is robust however I
> wouldn't be surprised if there are yet more configure/install problems
> to be corrected - this was where most of the changes were made - to
> support dynamic loading and shared libraries. So I encourage people to
> upgrade (and be prepared to let me know if there are problems). PS:
> please do not use Tcl 7.5 alpha or Tcl 7.5 beta - these are obsolete.
> Expect 5.20 will only work with the final 7.5 release.
>
> Expect 5.19 works fine with Tcl 7.4. If you stay with Tcl 7.4, I
> encourage you to upgrade to Expect 5.19 if you haven't already.
>
> [end of extract]
Matthias had this to say:
> There is a version 5.20.
> And i think this is _not_ the right place for questions like this.
So - half helpful, half snide. I appreciate half the sentiment,
anyhow. *shrug*
I Wasn't sure if it was a Sun issue or an Expect issue, and I'm
somewhat under the wire.
In any case, 5.20 was the answer - It built fine with
Tcl 7.5p1 and Tk 4.1p1.
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