Version 2 of FreeBSD

Updated 2001-10-22 04:20:19

For an ordinary build/install of Tcl 8.3.4 on FreeBSD, the standard instructions should work just fine:

  ./configure
  make
  su                         (if needed)
  make install
  exit                         (the su)
  make test                (if desired)

For a thread-enabled build, though:

  ./configure --enable-threads
  ...
  configure: warning: Don t know how to find pthread lib on your system - you must disable thread support or edit the LIBS in the Makefile...
  ...

So, here's the recipe, involving some file editing, for building, installing and testing a thread-enabled Tcl on FreeBSD:

• ./configure --enable-threads --enable-gcc
• Edit Makefile:

        LIBS = $(MATH_LIBS) -pthread

• make tcltest
• Edit tclConfig.sh - linking of Tcl into static applications will need the -pthread switch to gcc

        TCL_LIBS=' -lm -pthread'

• make
• make install (as root, if necessary)
• Rename tests/stack.test -> tests/stack.test_ to avoid known crash in test suite.
• make test