[Bug 3549770] Multiple test failures running tcltest outside build tree

3 files changed, 14 insertions, 23 deletions

diff --git a/tests/clock.test b/tests/clock.test
index fd74512..0202fc7 100644
--- a/tests/clock.test
+++ b/tests/clock.test
@@ -17,11 +17,9 @@ if {[lsearch [namespace children] ::tcltest] == -1} {
 }
 
 if {[testConstraint win]} {
-    if {[catch {package require registry 1.1}] 
-	&& [catch {load {} Registry}]
-	&& [catch {
+    if {[catch {
 	    ::tcltest::loadTestedCommands
-	    load $::reglib Registry
+	    package require registry
 	}]} {
 	namespace eval ::tcl::clock {variable NoRegistry {}}
     }
diff --git a/tests/registry.test b/tests/registry.test
index 400277f..71d1fad 100644
--- a/tests/registry.test
+++ b/tests/registry.test
@@ -17,13 +17,10 @@ if {[lsearch [namespace children] ::tcltest] == -1} {
 
 testConstraint reg 0
 if {[testConstraint win]} {
-    catch {
-	# Is the registry extension already static to this shell?
-	if [catch {load {} Registry; set ::reglib {}}] {
-	    # try the location given to use on the commandline to tcltest
+    if {![catch {
 	    ::tcltest::loadTestedCommands
-	    load $::reglib Registry
-	}
+	    package require registry
+	}]} {
 	testConstraint reg 1
     }
 }
@@ -505,7 +502,7 @@ test registry-6.20 {GetValue: values with Unicode strings with embedded nulls} {
     registry delete HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\TclFoobar
     set result
 } "foo ba r baz"
-test registry-6.21 {GetValue: very long value names and values} {pcOnly} {
+test registry-6.21 {GetValue: very long value names and values} {pcOnly reg} {
     registry set HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\TclFoobar [string repeat k 16383] [string repeat x 16383] multi_sz
     set result [registry get HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\TclFoobar [string repeat k 16383]]
     registry delete HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\TclFoobar
diff --git a/tests/winDde.test b/tests/winDde.test
index 83f3598..b73f665 100644
--- a/tests/winDde.test
+++ b/tests/winDde.test
@@ -15,16 +15,14 @@ if {"::tcltest" ni [namespace children]} {
     namespace import -force ::tcltest::*
 }
 
-if [catch {
-    # Is the dde extension already static to this shell?
-    if [catch {load {} Dde; set ::ddelib {}}] {
-	# try the location given to use on the commandline to tcltest
-	::tcltest::loadTestedCommands
-	load $::ddelib Dde
+testConstraint dde 0
+if {[testConstraint win]} {
+    if {![catch {
+	    ::tcltest::loadTestedCommands
+	    package require dde 1.4.0b1
+	    set ::ddelib [lindex [package ifneeded dde 1.4.0b1] 1]}]} {
+	testConstraint dde 1
     }
-    testConstraint dde 1
-}] {
-    testConstraint dde 0
 }
 
 
@@ -39,9 +37,7 @@ proc createChildProcess {ddeServerName args} {
 
     set f [open $::scriptName w+]
     puts $f [list set ddeServerName $ddeServerName]
-    if {$::ddelib != ""} {
-	puts $f [list load $::ddelib Dde]
-    }
+    puts $f [list load $::ddelib dde]
     puts $f {
         # DDE child server -
         #