[ns] [bug] problems running prebuild nam on Windows NT

[Gesa Lorenz <Gesa.Lorenz@bch.siemens.de>]

[Bug Report]

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Category:  Other
Package:   ns 2.1b8a-win
OS:        Windows NT 4.0
Environment Variables:
LD_LIBRARY_PATH= I didn't specify these environment variables under Windows, but I changed my PATH variable to: path=%path%;c:\Progra~1\tcl\bin;c:\NetSim\ns-2~1.1b8;c:\NetSim\nam;c:\NetSim;c:\NetSim\GenApps\Bin;vcvars32.bat;c:\NetSim\otcl-1.0a7;c:\NetSim\tclcl-~1.0b1;c:\NetSim\tcl83~1.2;c:\NetSim\tk83~1.2;c:\NetSim\tcl83~1.2\library
TCL_LIBRARY=
TK_LIBRARY=


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Description:

Description of Problem:
I tried to run the pre-build binaries of nam (all versions) under Windows
NT version 4.0.
It starts by printing lots of tcl commands in the current window and
suddenly stops with the following error message:

proc nam_init { trace_file args } {
set actrl [new AnimControl $trace_file $args]

nam_init_hook
 }

 proc nam_init_hook {} {
 }
 : no file matched glob pattern "~"
 	while executing
 "glob ~"




How Easily Reproducible:
(e.g. every time, intermittent, once only, etc.)
every time

Steps to Reproduce:
(describe the minimal set of steps necessary to trigger the bug)
1. Installation of ns-2.1b8a-win by following the instructions of http://www.public.iastate.edu/~magico/nsFiles/InstallNS1.html (-> it works, I can run ns) 
2. Download (different) prebuild versions of nam http://www.isi.edu/nsnam/dist/binary/ (e.g. nam-1.0a10-win32.exe)
3. Execute nam-file (either in a command shell where the PATH environment variable is explicitely set according to the specification above or by double click)


Actual Results:
(describe what the application did after performing the above steps)
It starts by printing lots of tcl commands in the current window and
suddenly stops with the following error message:

proc nam_init { trace_file args } {
set actrl [new AnimControl $trace_file $args]

nam_init_hook
 }

 proc nam_init_hook {} {
 }
 : no file matched glob pattern "~"
 	while executing
 "glob ~"


Expected Results:
(describe what the application should have done, were the bug not present)
Under Suse Linux 7.1 the nam visualization window appears.

Additional Information:
(e.g. URLs to your script, detailed output files, packet trace, etc. if they are big files.)
I also tried to install nam by myself (because the prebuild versions did not work).
Within the file INSTALL.WIN32 (which I downloaded with the nam source code) I found the following
statement:
  - nam-1
    - IMPORTANT: nam-1 will NOT work when compiled with tcl8.3.2 and tk8.3.2. It 
    requires that a STATIC build of tcl/tk, which the current release does not 
    support. To solve the problem, you can download a patched tcl/tk 8.0.2 that
    can be compiled into static libraries (i.e., not DLLs) from this pointer:
    http://www.isi.edu/nsnam/dist/tcltk/tcl80p2-win32-static.zip
    and
    http://www.isi.edu/nsnam/dist/tcltk/tk80p2-win32-static.zip
    Then you should uncomment the STATIC_LIB macro in ~nam/conf/makefile.win, 
    and correct other paths to your vc, otcl, tclcl, tclsh, then compile.

So I tried to install the patched tcl/tk versions but I was not able to install these.