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Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: version 5.45 of expect/tcl


Hi Marco,

I am sure someone else could update the expect package, but I have
been following cygwin for a year now (support expect-lite on cygwin)
and saw no updates. There is functionality in the newer expect that
expect-lite takes advantage of, and it would be nice to have a newer
version in the distro.

I have included in the package the tcl lib for 8.5. It will get
installed when this package is installed.

I hope that helps,

Craig...

On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 10:54 AM, Craig Miller <cvmiller@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Marco,
> I am sure someone else could update the expect package, but I have been following cygwin for a year now (support expect-lite on cygwin) and saw no updates. There is functionality in the newer expect that expect-lite takes advantage of, and it would be nice to have a newer version in the distro.
> I have included in the package the tcl lib for 8.5. It will get installed when this package is installed.
> I hope that helps,
> Craig...
>
> On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 2:48 AM, Marco Atzeri <marco.atzeri@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On 10/25/2011 3:31 AM, Craig Miller wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello All,
>>>
>>> I am the author of expect-lite <expect-lite.sf.net> which relies heavily
>>> on expect. The version in the cygwin repository is quite old (from
>>> 2003). I have compiled a modern version of expect (v 5.45) based on TCL
>>> 8.5.
>>>
>>> Expect, originally written by Don Libes, is a program that "talks" to
>>> other interactive programs according to a script. Following the script,
>>> Expect knows what can be expected from a program and what the correct
>>> response should be. An interpreted language provides branching and
>>> high-level control structures to direct the dialogue. In addition, the
>>> user can take control and interact directly when desired, afterward
>>> returning control to the script.
>>>
>>> This is a direct replacement for the 2003 version, and can be found at:
>>> http://www.makikiweb.com/cygwin/expect/
>>>
>>> Please accept this into the cygwin repository.
>>>
>>> thanks,
>>>
>>> Craig...
>>>
>>
>> I suspect our expect package maintainer (aka cgf) is capable to
>> update the package by himself.
>> Moreover the tcltk package in cygwin is based around 8.4 not 8.5.
>>
>> Regards
>> Marco
>>
>>
>>
>>
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