Mark Levedahl <mlevedahl@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > Mark Levedahl wrote: >> Cygwin is *still* shipping with antiquated Tcl 8.4.1, and will continue >> to do so for the indefinite future. This version does not understand >> the "2>@1" redirection syntax, so such redirection of stderr must be >> done using sh. > > Ping. This bug is in 1.5.6.x, and thus also in the current Cygwin git > release: as a result, several gitk context menu items cause > errors. (Let me know if I should resend the patch). In the meantime, is it an option to apply this as a port specific patch when Cygwin and whichever distribution ship with old Tcl package their binary releases? Just checking how urgent this issue is (8.4.1 was from Oct 2002 if I am not mistaken) for maintainers of Cygwin port, and I am suspecting that kernel folks are somewhat busy near/around OLS/KS timeframe (but not me). -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
