Patch 976520 reworks several of the details involved with

        startup/initialization of the Tcl library, focused on the
        activities of Tcl_FindExecutable().

        * generic/tclIO.c:      Removed bogus claim in comment that
        encoding "iso8859-1" is "built-in" to Tcl.

        * generic/tclInt.h:     Created a new struct ProcessGlobalValue,
        * generic/tclUtil.c:    routines Tcl(Get|Set)ProcessGlobalValue,
        and function type TclInitProcessGlobalValueProc.  Together, these
        take care of the housekeeping for "values" (things that can be
        held in a Tcl_Obj) that are global across a whole process.  That is,
        they are shared among multiple threads, and epoch and mutex
        protection must govern the validity of cached copies maintained
        in each thread.

        * generic/tclNotify.c:  Modified TclInitNotifier() to tolerate
        being called multiple times in the same thread.

        * generic/tclEvent.c:   Dropped the unused argv0 argument to
        TclInitSubsystems().  Removed machinery to unsure only one
        TclInitNotifier() call per thread, now that that is safe.
        Converted Tcl(Get|Set)LibraryPath to use a ProcessGlobalValue,
        and moved them to tclEncoding.c.
        * generic/tclBasic.c:   Updated caller.

        * generic/tclInt.h:     TclpFindExecutable now returns void.
        * unix/tclUnixFile.c:
        * win/tclWinFile.c:
        * win/tclWinPipe.c:

        * generic/tclEncoding.c: Built new encoding search initialization
        on a foundation of ProcessGlobalValues, exposing new routines
        Tcl(Get|Set)EncodingSearchPath.  A cache of a map from encoding name
        to directory pathname keeps track of where encodings are available
        for loading.  Tcl_FindExecutable greatly simplified into just
        three function calls.  The "library path" is now misnamed, as its
        only remaining purpose is as a foundation for the default encoding
        search path.

        * generic/tclInterp.c:  Inlined the initScript that is evaluated
        by Tcl_Init().  Added verification after initScript evaluation
        that Tcl can find its installed *.enc files, and that it has
        initialized [encoding system] in agreement with what the environment
        expects.  [tclInit] no longer driven by the value of $::tcl_libPath;
        it largely constructs its own search path now, rather than attempt
        to share one with the encoding system.

        * unix/tclUnixInit.c:   TclpSetInitialEncodings factored so that a new
        * win/tclWinInit.c:     routine TclpGetEncodingNameFromEnvironment
        can reveal that Tcl thinks the [encoding system] should be, even
        when an incomplete encoding search path, or a missing *.enc file
        won't allow that initialization to succeed.  TclpInitLibraryPath
        reworked as an initializer of a ProcessGlobalValue.

        * unix/tclUnixTest.c:   Update implementations of [testfindexecutable],
        [testgetdefenc], and [testsetdefenc].

        * tests/unixInit.test:  Corrected tests to operate properly even
        when a value of TCL_LIBRARY is required to find encodings.

        * generic/tclInt.decls: New internal stubs: TclGetEncodingSearchPath,
        TclSetEncodingSearchPath, TclpGetEncodingNameFromEnvironment.  These
        are candidates for public exposure by future TIPs.

        * generic/tclIntDecls.h:        make genstubs
        * generic/tclStubInit.c:

        * generic/tclTest.c:    Updated [testencoding] to use
        * tests/encoding.test:  Tcl(Get|Set)EncodingSearchPath.  Updated tests.

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diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b0b9570..f8fc143 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,76 @@
+2004-11-30  Don Porter  <dgp@users.sourceforge.net>
+
+	Patch 976520 reworks several of the details involved with
+	startup/initialization of the Tcl library, focused on the
+	activities of Tcl_FindExecutable().
+
+	* generic/tclIO.c:	Removed bogus claim in comment that
+	encoding "iso8859-1" is "built-in" to Tcl.
+	
+	* generic/tclInt.h:	Created a new struct ProcessGlobalValue,
+	* generic/tclUtil.c:	routines Tcl(Get|Set)ProcessGlobalValue,
+	and function type TclInitProcessGlobalValueProc.  Together, these
+	take care of the housekeeping for "values" (things that can be
+	held in a Tcl_Obj) that are global across a whole process.  That is,
+	they are shared among multiple threads, and epoch and mutex
+	protection must govern the validity of cached copies maintained
+	in each thread.
+
+	* generic/tclNotify.c:	Modified TclInitNotifier() to tolerate
+	being called multiple times in the same thread.
+
+	* generic/tclEvent.c:	Dropped the unused argv0 argument to
+	TclInitSubsystems().  Removed machinery to unsure only one
+	TclInitNotifier() call per thread, now that that is safe.
+	Converted Tcl(Get|Set)LibraryPath to use a ProcessGlobalValue,
+	and moved them to tclEncoding.c.
+	* generic/tclBasic.c:	Updated caller.
+
+	* generic/tclInt.h:	TclpFindExecutable now returns void.
+	* unix/tclUnixFile.c:	
+	* win/tclWinFile.c:
+	* win/tclWinPipe.c:
+
+	* generic/tclEncoding.c: Built new encoding search initialization
+	on a foundation of ProcessGlobalValues, exposing new routines
+	Tcl(Get|Set)EncodingSearchPath.  A cache of a map from encoding name
+	to directory pathname keeps track of where encodings are available
+	for loading.  Tcl_FindExecutable greatly simplified into just
+	three function calls.  The "library path" is now misnamed, as its
+	only remaining purpose is as a foundation for the default encoding
+	search path.
+
+	* generic/tclInterp.c:	Inlined the initScript that is evaluated
+	by Tcl_Init().  Added verification after initScript evaluation
+	that Tcl can find its installed *.enc files, and that it has
+	initialized [encoding system] in agreement with what the environment
+	expects.  [tclInit] no longer driven by the value of $::tcl_libPath;
+	it largely constructs its own search path now, rather than attempt
+	to share one with the encoding system.
+
+	* unix/tclUnixInit.c:	TclpSetInitialEncodings factored so that a new
+	* win/tclWinInit.c:	routine TclpGetEncodingNameFromEnvironment
+	can reveal that Tcl thinks the [encoding system] should be, even
+	when an incomplete encoding search path, or a missing *.enc file
+	won't allow that initialization to succeed.  TclpInitLibraryPath
+	reworked as an initializer of a ProcessGlobalValue.
+
+	* unix/tclUnixTest.c:	Update implementations of [testfindexecutable],
+	[testgetdefenc], and [testsetdefenc].
+
+	* tests/unixInit.test:	Corrected tests to operate properly even
+	when a value of TCL_LIBRARY is required to find encodings.
+	 
+	* generic/tclInt.decls:	New internal stubs: TclGetEncodingSearchPath,
+	TclSetEncodingSearchPath, TclpGetEncodingNameFromEnvironment.  These
+	are candidates for public exposure by future TIPs.
+
+	* generic/tclIntDecls.h:	make genstubs
+	* generic/tclStubInit.c:
+	
+	* generic/tclTest.c:	Updated [testencoding] to use
+	* tests/encoding.test:	Tcl(Get|Set)EncodingSearchPath.  Updated tests.
+
 2004-11-30  Kevin B. Kenny  <kennykb@acm.org>
 
 	* library/clock.tcl: Corrected the regular expressions that match