pkg_mkIndex, considered deprecated, is a
proc in
Tcl that is used to create
pkgIndex.tcl files.
Documentation edit
http://www.purl.org/tcl/home/man/tcl8.4/TclCmd/pkgMkIndex.htm
Examples edit
pkg_mkIndex . *.tcl *.so
Description edit
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 edit
- pkg_mkIndex pitfalls
- pkgMkIndex
- A simple package example
- package management
- How to build good packages
- Better Static Package Support for Tcl9
