Bug#56479: python-tk doesn't work with tkstep8.0 (on PowerPC)
Package: python-tk
Version: 1.5.2-6
Tkinter doesn't seem to work properly with tkstep8.0, on a PowerPC
machine:
rdreyer:~$ python -c "from Tkinter import *"
Traceback (innermost last):
File "<string>", line 1, in ?
File "/usr/lib/python1.5/lib-tk/Tkinter.py", line 8, in ?
import _tkinter # If this fails your Python may not be configured for Tk
ImportError: /usr/lib/tkstep/libtk8.0.so.1: undefined symbol: XpmCreateXpmImageFromBuffer
When running fetchmailconf, which uses tkinter:
rdreyer:~$ LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libtk8.0.so.1 fetchmailconf
works as expected, i.e. fetchmailconf runs, but not:
rdreyer:~$ LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libtkstep8.0.so.1 fetchmailconf
Traceback (innermost last):
File "<string>", line 1, in ?
File "/usr/lib/python1.5/lib-tk/Tkinter.py", line 8, in ?
import _tkinter # If this fails your Python may not be configured for Tk
ImportError: /usr/lib/tkstep/libtk8.0.so.1: undefined symbol: XpmCreateXpmImageFromBuffer
which leads me to believe that the problem lies with tkstep, not tk.
I observed the same phenomenon under LinuxPPC, a Red Hat distribution
for PowerPC machines.
Relevant packages:
ii python-base 1.5.2-6 An interactive object-oriented scripting lan
ii python-tk 1.5.2-6 Writing Tk applications with Python (Tkinter
ii tk8.0 8.0.5-6 The Tk toolkit for TCL and X11 v8.0 - Run-Ti
ii tkstep8.0 8.0p2-3.4 The NEXTSTEP(tm)-like version of the Tk tool
ii fetchmail 5.2.3-1 POP2/3, APOP, IMAP mail gatherer/forwarder
I'm using Debian 2.2 on a PowerPac, kernel:
Linux bourbaki 2.2.14 #1 Wed Jan 26 00:43:17 PST 2000 ppc unknown
and libc 2.1.2-5.
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