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authorjan.nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sourceforge.net>2016-03-11 09:33:35 (GMT)
committerjan.nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sourceforge.net>2016-03-11 09:33:35 (GMT)
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Allow unstable Tcl releases to use unstable packages by default (this makes "package require Tk" find the expected 8.7a0 version in stead of 8.6). Make many "package" test-cases work even when the environment variable TCL_PKG_PREFER_LATEST is set.
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@@ -283,8 +283,8 @@ error.
.PP
When an interpreter is created, its initial selection mode value is set to
.QW stable
-unless the environment variable \fBTCL_PKG_PREFER_LATEST\fR
-is set. If that environment variable is defined (with any value) then
+unless the environment variable \fBTCL_PKG_PREFER_LATEST\fR is set
+(to any value) or the Tcl package itself is unstable. Otherwise
the initial (and permanent) selection mode value is set to
.QW latest .
.RE