** Summary **

'''pkg_mkIndex''', considered deprecated, is a [proc] in [Tcl] that is used to
create [pkgIndex.tcl] files.

** Documentation **

http://www.purl.org/tcl/home/man/tcl8.4/TclCmd/pkgMkIndex.htm

** Examples **

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pkg_mkIndex . *.tcl *.so
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** Description **


The '''-verbose''' option can help point out what properties of your files are
giving the [[pkg_mkIndex]] command trouble.

[pyk] 2012-11-02 - [dgp] stated on the irc channel today that pkg_mkIndex is
not generally a good idea.  It can't possibly solve the problem right for any
but the most simple packages, and even for those, typing the index script
yourself is just as easy.  For automatic maintenance of version numbers, etcl,
construction via configure or Make is a better answer.  The problem pkg_mkIndex
has to solve seems simple in concept, but is in general impossibly difficult,
primarily because of the very Tclish design decision to make its packages
implicit rather than explicit.

"Think of [pkg_mkIndex] as at best a (poor) tool to help you write pkgIndex.tcl
files. If you can do a better job by hand (or by template substitution during
configure) then that is probably better." -- [dkf] ,tcl-core mailing list ,2012-11-07


** See Also **

   [pkg_mkIndex pitfalls]:   
   [pkgMkIndex]:   
   [A simple package example]:   
   [package management]:   
   [How to build good packages]:   
   [Better Static Package Support for Tcl9]:   

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