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FS#59101 - Latest version of mingw-w64-x86_64-tk makes mingw-w64-x86_64-vtk crash when tkwidgets are used

Attached to Project: Community Packages
Opened by Andreas Bolstad (andrbols) - Thursday, 21 June 2018, 15:35 GMT
Last edited by Eli Schwartz (eschwartz) - Thursday, 21 June 2018, 20:43 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture x86_64
Severity Medium
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:
Latest version (8.6.8) of mingw-w64-x86_64-tk (installed from pacman) makes VTK crash when tkwidgets are used

Additional info:
(I've never reported a bug before, so bear with me..)
* package version(s)
To make VTK work again I had to downgrade:
mingw-w64-x86_64-tk-8.6.8-1 downgraded to mingw-w64-x86_64-tk-8.6.7-1
mingw-w64-x86_64-tcl-8.6.8-1 downgraded to mingw-w64-x86_64-tcl-8.6.7-1

* config and/or log files etc.
I'm running on a windows 10 laptop, intel processor and gpu
Running on mingw64 in msys2
I also tested on my home computer which has windows 10, AMD processor and gpu, resulting in the same errors

Steps to reproduce:
Install mingw-w64-x86_64-vtk (and whatever pacman packages are required)
Set PATH so that vtkpython will function properly
Create a python script with vtk tk widgets
Run:
vtkpython <scriptname>.py

Depending on what package your script runs you will get <packagename> not found, or worse: Segmentation fault

This is quite a critical error for me and my colleagues.. without this fixed we will switch platform if possible
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Closed by  Eli Schwartz (eschwartz)
Thursday, 21 June 2018, 20:43 GMT
Reason for closing:  Not a bug
Comment by Andreas Bolstad (andrbols) - Thursday, 21 June 2018, 15:39 GMT
Should've mentioned that the exact same error occurred for self-compiled versions of VTK, 8.1.1, 8.0.1, and on standalone python interface 7.1.1
Comment by Andreas Bolstad (andrbols) - Thursday, 21 June 2018, 15:42 GMT
The error is not python specific. Tcl-scripts (requires compiling your own version) also fail when including vtk tk widgets
python tkinter works without vtk..
Comment by Eli Schwartz (eschwartz) - Thursday, 21 June 2018, 20:43 GMT
This is the Arch Linux distribution bugtracker, and the upstream bugtracker for the pacman program.

Your issue is with the MSYS2 Windows distribution, which also uses pacman but this is not in fact an issue with pacman itself, merely the packages provided by MSYS2. We are not affiliated or involved with MSYS2 at all (though I personally think it is awesome).

Please look for MSYS2 support here: https://www.msys2.org/#support-or-contact

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