Re: gitk bug: Disabling "Themed widgets" breaks preferences dialogue

From: Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
Date: Aug 28, 2025, 21:32 UTC
Message-ID: <2005fae0-5991-41e3-a1f2-4625086de7b3@kdbg.org>
In-Reply-To: <075a1389-c5d6-18f4-ed19-13b0041dbbd0@xwax.org>

Am 28.08.25 um 16:02 schrieb Mark Hills:

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> I use Alpine Linux 3.22 (latest).
> 
> Recently gitk's preferences window refuses to open.
> 
> This seems to be a direct result of switching off the "Themed widgets" 
> setting, which is my preferred choice.
> 
> Error message:
> 
> invalid command name "::combobox"
> invalid command name "::combobox"
>     while executing
> "${NS}::combobox $page.wrapcomment -values {none char word} -state 
> readonly  -textvariable wrapcomment"
>     (procedure "prefspage_general" line 41)

This bug was introduced by 904b36b815ff, which is in Git 2.48.0 and was fixed by daa364cfb7a1, available since Git 2.50.0.

-- Hannes