[Bug 1164937] [NEW] Tcl/Tk multiarch should work for embedded interpreters

[Matthias Klose]

Public bug reported:

this is about further work for multiarching Tcl/Tk, continued from LP:
#1122120

now, the library is moved into the multiarch location, but nothing else.
I think this can be done better. The goal should be to have a runnable
embedded Tcl interpreter inside the tcl8.5-lib packages. This includes
the shared library files. Packages like vim should be installable for
the foreign architecture with keeping tcl8.5 installed for the native
architecture.

Colin:
> vim seems like a very tenuous use case, anyway. I can't think of a
> reason I'd want to install it from a foreign architecture.

vim was just used here as an example for an embedded interpreter. E.g.
Installing the amd64 gdb on i386 with the embedded python interpreter to
debug 64bit executables is a better use case.  So please see vim just as
an example.

** Affects: tcl8.5 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Low
         Status: Confirmed

** Affects: tcl8.6 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Low
         Status: Confirmed

** Affects: tk8.5 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Low
         Status: Confirmed

** Affects: tk8.6 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Low
         Status: Confirmed

** Also affects: tk8.5 (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Also affects: tcl8.6 (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Also affects: tk8.6 (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Changed in: tcl8.5 (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Low

** Changed in: tcl8.5 (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

** Changed in: tcl8.6 (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Low

** Changed in: tcl8.6 (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

** Changed in: tk8.5 (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Low

** Changed in: tk8.5 (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

** Changed in: tk8.6 (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Low

** Changed in: tk8.6 (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

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Title:
  Tcl/Tk multiarch should work for embedded interpreters

Status in “tcl8.5” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in “tcl8.6” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in “tk8.5” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in “tk8.6” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  this is about further work for multiarching Tcl/Tk, continued from LP:
  #1122120

  now, the library is moved into the multiarch location, but nothing
  else. I think this can be done better. The goal should be to have a
  runnable embedded Tcl interpreter inside the tcl8.5-lib packages. This
  includes the shared library files. Packages like vim should be
  installable for the foreign architecture with keeping tcl8.5 installed
  for the native architecture.

  Colin:
  > vim seems like a very tenuous use case, anyway. I can't think of a
  > reason I'd want to install it from a foreign architecture.

  vim was just used here as an example for an embedded interpreter. E.g.
  Installing the amd64 gdb on i386 with the embedded python interpreter
  to debug 64bit executables is a better use case.  So please see vim
  just as an example.

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