Re: can't find package __teapot__ ???

Hi Larry,
well, teapot is the name of ActiveState's ActiveTcl software
repository, designed to provide packages to a software administrator.
yeah, I have heard about it - don't know whether I would need it or
not though.

The steps _I_ would take if this were my problem would be:

1. Recommend the client uninstall the previous activetcl, download the
latest Tcl 8.4 Windows ActiveTcl, and install it
It was a fresh install of Tcl 8.4.14.
2. Make certain the user has installed my script into a directory
containing nothing else
This is probably / almost certainly the case.
3. Report the situation to activestate with a high priority assigned.
Hm, not sure what to report.

Anyway, this is one of those rare days, where a problem disappeared
all by itself (usually they appear from nowhere and insist on hanging
around).
Doing some hand-holding via telephone the program now runs like it
should. Differences:
- It is possible (though a bit unlikely) that the machine was rebooted
in the meantime.
- When it failed the user was in Tcl's bin directory and called
tclsh c:\somedir\somescript.tcl c:\destDir
(note the '\')
- When called from the script's directory like
tclsh somescript.tcl .
everything was ok (note the '.' for the directory and that no paths
are involved).

Looks like the culprits are the '\' in the invocation? Well, trying
version 1 on my machine worked as well as version 2, so it appears far
from obvious.

But the problem is gone so I won't trouble myself guessing for
reasons.
Thanks for your thoughts and best regards
Helmut Giese
.

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