[Starkit] The fcopy bug and tile

[Mats Bengtsson]

Update:

I managed to build a tclkit based on tcl/tk 8.4.1 sources as following:

1) Used genkit A to get all sources which are tcl/tk 8.4.9 based

2) Found msvc6 archive and imported project into VC7++
(http://www.equi4.com/pub/tk/tars/msvc6.tar.gz)

3) Replaced Tk_MainEx with the one in 8.4.9 + patch all.diffs
(http://www.equi4.com/pub/tk/tars/all.diffs)

4) Built Release target and appended runtime.kit

5) Built starpack to test the fcopy bug using 
http://www.visit.se/~matben/download/fcopybug.vfs.tgz 

6) Tested the http package with -channel that triggers the fcopy calls

This works in all situations I have tested that hangs using tcl/tk 8.4.9
based builds.

Conclusion: the problem is likely to be found in tcl/win and not elsewhere.
Previous investigations (by me and Mads) points to 8.4.1 -> 8.4.2
Please do a diff of relevant files here.

I will add more comments if I get closer to this one.

HTH,   Mats

Ref: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=10894&atid=110894&func=detail&aid=719790