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2022-11-22
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merge release check-in: e8a8a4a41d user: dgp tags: core-8-6-branch
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Merge 8.5 check-in: 3f7721da0f user: jan.nijtmans tags: core-8-6-branch
2022-11-21
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improve accuracy of a changes line Closed-Leaf check-in: b1fc8161f1 user: dgp tags: release, core-8-6-13-rc, core-8-6-13
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merge 8.6 check-in: c358afe03e user: dgp tags: core-8-branch
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Merge 8.6. TIP #651 implementation (since there are already 2 YES votes, no NO votes expected) check-in: 4218e66972 user: jan.nijtmans tags: core-8-branch
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bump release date check-in: 32879484fe user: dgp tags: rc3, core-8-6-13-rc
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merge 8.6 check-in: 7c53c887fd user: dgp tags: core-8-6-13-rc
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Newest tests must have most recent releases of http to pass. check-in: a9691d58b3 user: dgp tags: core-8-6-branch
2022-11-18
17:53
Bring back the common facilities of the tcltests "package", but use a less fragile method to gain ac... check-in: 7e733817b3 user: dgp tags: core-8-6-branch

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# README:  Tcl

This is the **Tcl 8.6.12** source distribution.

You can get any source release of Tcl from [our distribution
site](https://sourceforge.net/projects/tcl/files/Tcl/).

[![Build Status](https://github.com/tcltk/tcl/workflows/Linux/badge.svg?branch=core-8-6-branch)](https://github.com/tcltk/tcl/actions?query=workflow%3A%22Linux%22+branch%3Acore-8-6-branch)
[![Build Status](https://github.com/tcltk/tcl/workflows/Windows/badge.svg?branch=core-8-6-branch)](https://github.com/tcltk/tcl/actions?query=workflow%3A%22Windows%22+branch%3Acore-8-6-branch)
[![Build Status](https://github.com/tcltk/tcl/workflows/macOS/badge.svg?branch=core-8-6-branch)](https://github.com/tcltk/tcl/actions?query=workflow%3A%22macOS%22+branch%3Acore-8-6-branch)


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# README:  Tcl

This is the **Tcl 8.6.13** source distribution.

You can get any source release of Tcl from [our distribution
site](https://sourceforge.net/projects/tcl/files/Tcl/).

[![Build Status](https://github.com/tcltk/tcl/workflows/Linux/badge.svg?branch=core-8-6-branch)](https://github.com/tcltk/tcl/actions?query=workflow%3A%22Linux%22+branch%3Acore-8-6-branch)
[![Build Status](https://github.com/tcltk/tcl/workflows/Windows/badge.svg?branch=core-8-6-branch)](https://github.com/tcltk/tcl/actions?query=workflow%3A%22Windows%22+branch%3Acore-8-6-branch)
[![Build Status](https://github.com/tcltk/tcl/workflows/macOS/badge.svg?branch=core-8-6-branch)](https://github.com/tcltk/tcl/actions?query=workflow%3A%22macOS%22+branch%3Acore-8-6-branch)
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2021-10-27 (new) support for MacOS Monterey (nijtmans)
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2021-10-27 (new) support for MacOS Monterey (nijtmans)
=> platform 1.0.18

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- Released 8.6.12, Nov 5, 2021 - details at https://core.tcl-lang.org/tcl/ -

2021-12-08 (update) tcltest package to version 2.5.4

2022-01-13 (bug)[26f132] Crash when sizeof(int) < sizeof(void *) (Plan 9 port)

2022-01-19 (TIP 623)[e9a271] Tcl_GetRange index args < 0 (petasis,nijtmans)

2022-03-08 (bug) test string-5.22 (porter)

2022-03-11 (bug)[8a7ec8] fat binary compile on Mac M1 (davis, nijtmans)

2022-04-04 (bug)[e5ed1b] numeric IPv6 in URLs (nijtmans)
=> http 2.9.6

2022-04-26 (bug)[27520c] test error-9.6 (goth,sebres)

2022-05-04 (bug)[8eb64b] http package tolerant again invalid reply header

2022-05-11 (bug)[6898f9] http package failed detection of shiftjis charset

2022-05-25 (bug)[76ad7a] tests string-6.13[23] (mistachkin, nijtmans)

2022-06-20 (bug)[55bf73] Avoid connection reuse after response code 101.
=> http 2.9.8

2022-07-22 (bug)[713653] FP rounding exposed by x86 musl (rubicon,sebres)

2022-07-22 More portable notation of microseconds in verbose output (sebres)
=> tcltest 2.5.5

2022-07-27 (bug)[b3977d] Process CR-LF split across packets (nadkarni,sebres)

2022-07-29 (bug)[4eb3a1] crash due to undetected bytecode invalidity (nadkarni)

2022-08-23 (new)[371080] Portability to CHERI-enabled Morello processor (jrtc27)

2022-09-06 (bug)[55a02f] Fallback init env(HOME) from USERPROFILE (nadkarni)

2022-09-13 (bug)[1073da] crash writing invalid utf-8 (nijtmans)

2022-09-14 (new) Update to Unicode-15 (nijtmans)

2022-10-14 tzdata updated to Olson's tzdata2022e (nijtmans)

Update bundled zlib to 1.2.13

Update bundled libtommath

Many code fixes to avoid overflow or undefined behavior.  Thanks chrstphrchvz.

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 * unix/tcl.spec	(1 LOC patch)
 * tools/tcl.hpj.in	(not patchlevel, for windows installer)
 */

#define TCL_MAJOR_VERSION   8
#define TCL_MINOR_VERSION   6
#define TCL_RELEASE_LEVEL   TCL_FINAL_RELEASE
#define TCL_RELEASE_SERIAL  12

#define TCL_VERSION	    "8.6"
#define TCL_PATCH_LEVEL	    "8.6.12"

/*
 *----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 * The following definitions set up the proper options for Windows compilers.
 * We use this method because there is no autoconf equivalent.
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 * tools/tcl.hpj.in	(not patchlevel, for windows installer)
 */

#define TCL_MAJOR_VERSION   8
#define TCL_MINOR_VERSION   6
#define TCL_RELEASE_LEVEL   TCL_FINAL_RELEASE
#define TCL_RELEASE_SERIAL  13

#define TCL_VERSION	    "8.6"
#define TCL_PATCH_LEVEL	    "8.6.13"

/*
 *----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 * The following definitions set up the proper options for Windows compilers.
 * We use this method because there is no autoconf equivalent.
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# of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
#

# This test intentionally written in pre-7.5 Tcl
if {[info commands package] == ""} {
    error "version mismatch: library\nscripts expect Tcl version 7.5b1 or later but the loaded version is\nonly [info patchlevel]"
}
package require -exact Tcl 8.6.12

# Compute the auto path to use in this interpreter.
# The values on the path come from several locations:
#
# The environment variable TCLLIBPATH
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# of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
#

# This test intentionally written in pre-7.5 Tcl
if {[info commands package] == ""} {
    error "version mismatch: library\nscripts expect Tcl version 7.5b1 or later but the loaded version is\nonly [info patchlevel]"
}
package require -exact Tcl 8.6.13

# Compute the auto path to use in this interpreter.
# The values on the path come from several locations:
#
# The environment variable TCLLIBPATH
#
# tcl_library, which is the directory containing this init.tcl script.
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TCL_VERSION=8.6
TCL_MAJOR_VERSION=8
TCL_MINOR_VERSION=6
TCL_PATCH_LEVEL=".12"
VERSION=${TCL_VERSION}

EXTRA_INSTALL_BINARIES=${EXTRA_INSTALL_BINARIES:-"@:"}
EXTRA_BUILD_HTML=${EXTRA_BUILD_HTML:-"@:"}

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TCL_MAJOR_VERSION=8
TCL_MINOR_VERSION=6
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VERSION=${TCL_VERSION}

EXTRA_INSTALL_BINARIES=${EXTRA_INSTALL_BINARIES:-"@:"}
EXTRA_BUILD_HTML=${EXTRA_BUILD_HTML:-"@:"}

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# Setup configure arguments for bundled packages
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#include <stdlib.h>
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# define TOUPPER(c) (ISLOWER(c) ? 'A' + ((c) - 'a') : (c))
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    #endif /* _TCLCONFIG */])
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TCL_PATCH_LEVEL=".12"
VERSION=${TCL_VERSION}

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VERSION=${TCL_VERSION}

EXTRA_INSTALL_BINARIES=${EXTRA_INSTALL_BINARIES:-"@:"}
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Version:       8.6.12
Release:       2
License:       BSD
Group:         Development/Languages
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Name:          tcl
Summary:       Tcl scripting language development environment
Version:       8.6.13
Release:       2
License:       BSD
Group:         Development/Languages
Source:        http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/tcl/tcl%{version}-src.tar.gz
URL:           https://www.tcl-lang.org/
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# /bin/sh. The bash shell seems to suffer from some strange failures.
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TCL_VERSION=8.6
TCL_MAJOR_VERSION=8
TCL_MINOR_VERSION=6
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# /bin/sh. The bash shell seems to suffer from some strange failures.
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  *)

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esac

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# /bin/sh. The bash shell seems to suffer from some strange failures.
SHELL=/bin/sh

TCL_VERSION=8.6
TCL_MAJOR_VERSION=8
TCL_MINOR_VERSION=6
TCL_PATCH_LEVEL=".12"
VER=$TCL_MAJOR_VERSION$TCL_MINOR_VERSION

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TCL_MINOR_VERSION=6
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VER=$TCL_MAJOR_VERSION$TCL_MINOR_VERSION

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TCL_DDE_MAJOR_VERSION=1
TCL_DDE_MINOR_VERSION=4
DDEVER=$TCL_DDE_MAJOR_VERSION$TCL_DDE_MINOR_VERSION