> 
>  I installed ActiveTcl 8.5.1 solaris 2.8 sparc on my machine from file:
>  ActiveTcl8.5.1.0.284069-solaris-sparc-2.8-threaded.tar.gz
> 
>  Then, I do a
>  teacup install ActiveState::ActiveTcl -is profile
>  and solaris2.8-sparc binaries are installed.
> 
>  Then I type:
>  $ teacup install --arch solaris2.8-sparc ral
>          The requested architecture "solaris2.8-sparc" is not supported
>          by the repository at
>          "/vol/tclsrcsol/ActiveTcl-8.5.1/lib/teapot".

>  which, technically, isn't where I was expecting things to be installed
>  anyways. I mean, my .teapot points to /vol/tclsrcsol/teapot which
>  has a repository in it.
> 
>  So it _appears_ that 8.5.1 comes with its own idea of a repository. But

As we said in our announcement of the new release, with ActiveTcl 8.5.1 (and
AT 8.4.18.0) the installer will create a TEApot repository in
<installdir> /lib/teapot, and this repository will be

(a) connected to the tclsh/wish under <installdir> /bin
(b) and marked as the default installation repository.

Item (a) means that the tclsh/wish in <installdir> /bin will by default talk
to only that repository now, and not the repository at
"~/.teapot/repository" (X). All previous installations are still connected
to repository X.

The essence of the above is that we are moving away from the old default (at
~/.teapot/repository), to avoid the issues we have with the automatic
sharing of a repository between AT installations. This does _not_ mean that
we will delete the old default however, breaking whatever other
installations already exist.


>  That brings up a couple of issues.
> 
>  1. Do I need to do something about my $HOME/.teapot about
>  this, or is that all taken care of?

I am not clear if I understand the question correctly.
What do you believe should be done ?
I am certainly not touching it with the new installation, no change, no
removal.

>  2. What do I need to do to convince teacup that the install is okay - that
>  the repository at that directory ... which has solaris 2.8 sparc binaries
>  in it right now ... is okay?
> 
>  Or, am I using the --arch flag wrong?

What does
	teacup link info /vol/tclsrcsol/ActiveTcl-8.5.1/lib/teapot
	say ?

The shell listed there should be /vol/tclsrcsol/ActiveTcl-8.5.1/bin/tclsh8.5
If you run the actually listed shell and invoke
	package require platform
	platform::identify

what is the result ?


>  Just curious how to straighten this out.

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	Andreas Kupries <andreask@[...].com> 
	Developer @ http://www.ActiveState.com
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