[Python-Dev] can't run test_tcl remotely logged in on an OS X machine

Bill Janssen janssen at parc.com
Sun Sep 9 17:46:34 CEST 2007


> > "test_tcl" fails on me (OS X 10.4.10 on an Intel Mac, remotely logged
> > in via SSH and X Windows):
> 
> That's no surprise, I would say: it seems you link against TkAqua
> (not X11 Tk); for that to work, you need a reference to WindowServer,
> which won't be available when logged in through SSL.

Actually, I think it literally *is* a surprise; if it were truly "no
surprise", the testing harness would have caught it and moved on to
the other tests.  But if you mean, "no big deal", I agree.

Bill


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