556 - Bugzilla does not work with tcl 8.0p2, mysqltclsh 1.53, mysql 3.22.5alpha

Status: VERIFIED WONTFIX

(Bugzilla :: Bugzilla-General, defect, P2)

Description

[Denis Pershin]

I tried to use bugzilla with mentioned in summary software but get the following
error in apache log.

Seems it is some incompatibility....

-------- error.log -------
invalid command name "cequal"
    while executing
"cequal $remaining """
    (procedure "ProcessFormFields" line 6)
    invoked from within
"ProcessFormFields $buffer"
    (file "CGI.tcl" line 91)
    invoked from within
"source "CGI.tcl""
    (file "/home/dyp/html/bugzilla/query.cgi" line 22)
[Thu Sep  3 10:32:46 1998] [error] Premature end of script headers: /home/dyp/ht
ml/bugzilla/query.cgi
------ end --------

Comment 1

[Terry Weissman]

Actually, the problem here is that you need to grab the TclX library and link
with it.  Bugzilla depends on TclX.

I'm leaving this bug open, as a reminder to me to find pointers to TclX and
make sure it's all covered in the README.

Comment 2

[Denis Pershin]

I asked my friend which is a tcl guru and he said that this is
a compatibility issue... 'cequal' appeared in 7.0 and was leaved
in 7.6 for compatibility. In 8.0 it was removed. And he said that
it is better to use 'string compare'... Waiting for your comments...

P.S. I am not a tcl guru at all... I prefer C, C++ :-))) It means that
I might be wrong , miss something, etc.

Comment 3

[Terry Weissman]

Well, Bugzilla no longer uses TCL at all.  It now requires Perl.  So, um,
this will never get fixed ...

Comment 4

[Terry Weissman]

The database is being reorganized a bit.  Instead of the Bugzilla product,
a new Webtools product has been created, with Bugzilla being a component of it.

This bug is being moved from the old Bugzilla product to the new Webtools
product.

Comment 5

[leger]

Old bug.  Marking bug Verified/Won't Fix.

Comment 6

[Dave Miller [:justdave]]

moving to Bugzilla product
reassign to default owner/qa for INVALID/WONTFIX/WORKSFORME/DUPLICATE