hello, 

we see since today a specific issue with tcl an tk installed

root@gorgel-adm(/root)# dnf update
Last metadata expiration check: 0:07:13 ago on Thu Apr 30 14:08:37 2026.
Error:
 Problem: package tk-8.6.13-1.ppc from @System requires tcl = 8.6.13, but none of the providers can be installed
  - cannot install both tcl-8.6.17-1.ppc from AIX_Toolbox and tcl-8.6.13-1.ppc from @System
  - cannot install both tcl-8.6.17-1.ppc from AIX_Toolbox and tcl-8.6.13-1.ppc from AIX_Toolbox
  - cannot install the best update candidate for package tk-8.6.13-1.ppc
  - cannot install the best update candidate for package tcl-8.6.13-1.ppc
(try to add '--allowerasing' to command line to replace conflicting packages or '--skip-broken' to skip uninstallable packages or '--nobest' to use not only best candidate packages)

if remove both tcl and tk and try to re-install 

dnf install tcl tk
Last metadata expiration check: 0:11:19 ago on Thu Apr 30 14:08:37 2026.
Error:
 Problem: package tk-8.6.13-1.ppc from AIX_Toolbox requires tcl = 8.6.13, but none of the providers can be installed
  - cannot install both tcl-8.6.17-1.ppc from AIX_Toolbox and tcl-8.6.13-1.ppc from AIX_Toolbox
  - cannot install the best candidate for the job
(try to add '--allowerasing' to command line to replace conflicting packages or '--skip-broken' to skip uninstallable packages or '--nobest' to use not only best candidate packages)

If i have tcl installed, and try to install tk  we see a downgrade attempt:

any clues how to solve this issue  ? 

kind regards,

Leo Becking 

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Leo Becking
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Hi,

I was surprised when I saw the same errors too yesterday  when I tried to run an dnf update because last time  I ran it  ( maybe 2 months ago ) it came back clean, so it seems that something  has changed the way the version dependency between tcl/tk is being handled.  As a test to get a clean dnf update  I just updated both versions to one  that would not throw an error and put the two in my  exclude line in my dnf.conf.   But seeing this is not unique to my environment, I will follow this thread to see if someone has a permanent solution or an explanation why this is happening all of a sudden.

Richard

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Richard Mochnacewski
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Tcl and Tk should be always updated together in AIX Toolbox. It didn't happen that way in the recent update. Only Tcl was updated but not Tk. 
We will update Tk as soon as possible. In the meanwhile, the workaround is to exclude Tcl during dnf update from the user side.

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Ayappan P
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Original Message:
Sent: Fri May 01, 2026 07:18 AM
From: Richard Mochnacewski
Subject: tcl and tk dependancy errors in DNF

Hi,

I was surprised when I saw the same errors too yesterday  when I tried to run an dnf update because last time  I ran it  ( maybe 2 months ago ) it came back clean, so it seems that something  has changed the way the version dependency between tcl/tk is being handled.  As a test to get a clean dnf update  I just updated both versions to one  that would not throw an error and put the two in my  exclude line in my dnf.conf.   But seeing this is not unique to my environment, I will follow this thread to see if someone has a permanent solution or an explanation why this is happening all of a sudden.

Richard

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Richard Mochnacewski
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tk 8.6.17 is now available in AIX Toolbox. This fixes the dnf update issue. 

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Ayappan P
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Original Message:
Sent: Fri May 01, 2026 07:58 AM
From: Ayappan P
Subject: tcl and tk dependancy errors in DNF

Tcl and Tk should be always updated together in AIX Toolbox. It didn't happen that way in the recent update. Only Tcl was updated but not Tk. 
We will update Tk as soon as possible. In the meanwhile, the workaround is to exclude Tcl during dnf update from the user side.

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Ayappan P
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Original Message:
Sent: Fri May 01, 2026 07:18 AM
From: Richard Mochnacewski
Subject: tcl and tk dependancy errors in DNF

Hi,

I was surprised when I saw the same errors too yesterday  when I tried to run an dnf update because last time  I ran it  ( maybe 2 months ago ) it came back clean, so it seems that something  has changed the way the version dependency between tcl/tk is being handled.  As a test to get a clean dnf update  I just updated both versions to one  that would not throw an error and put the two in my  exclude line in my dnf.conf.   But seeing this is not unique to my environment, I will follow this thread to see if someone has a permanent solution or an explanation why this is happening all of a sudden.

Richard

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Richard Mochnacewski

Thanks. I synched up the repository and was able to perform a  dnf update successfully and it updated tcl and tk 8.6.17 .

Richard 

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Richard Mochnacewski
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Original Message:
Sent: Wed May 06, 2026 09:17 AM
From: Ayappan P
Subject: tcl and tk dependancy errors in DNF

tk 8.6.17 is now available in AIX Toolbox. This fixes the dnf update issue. 

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Ayappan P
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Original Message:
Sent: Fri May 01, 2026 07:58 AM
From: Ayappan P
Subject: tcl and tk dependancy errors in DNF

Tcl and Tk should be always updated together in AIX Toolbox. It didn't happen that way in the recent update. Only Tcl was updated but not Tk. 
We will update Tk as soon as possible. In the meanwhile, the workaround is to exclude Tcl during dnf update from the user side.

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Ayappan P


Original Message:
Sent: Fri May 01, 2026 07:18 AM
From: Richard Mochnacewski
Subject: tcl and tk dependancy errors in DNF

Hi,

I was surprised when I saw the same errors too yesterday  when I tried to run an dnf update because last time  I ran it  ( maybe 2 months ago ) it came back clean, so it seems that something  has changed the way the version dependency between tcl/tk is being handled.  As a test to get a clean dnf update  I just updated both versions to one  that would not throw an error and put the two in my  exclude line in my dnf.conf.   But seeing this is not unique to my environment, I will follow this thread to see if someone has a permanent solution or an explanation why this is happening all of a sudden.

Richard

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Richard Mochnacewski