With Tcl 8.2.3...

Install tcllib 1.0.  Then try the demo in the
ftp module:

$ cd modules/ftp
$ wish ftpdemo.tcl
Error in startup script: can't find package ftp 2.0
    while executing
"package require ftp 2.0"
    (file "ftpdemo.tcl" line 25)

The problem is that tcllib doesn't install its
constituent packages in a directory relative
to the default $::auto_path where they will
be loaded.

After one failed [package require], the index
script for "tcllib" itself will augment $::auto_path
with an additional search directory, so the packages
will be found on the second attempt.

Later releases of Tcl (8.3.1+) have changed the
default [package unknown] behavior so that it
keeps searching for pkgIndex.tcl files as long
as the value of $::auto_path keeps changing...

...but if tcllib's installation depends on that,
then the whole tcllib collection ought to

package require Tcl 8.3.1

I think we want (most of) tcllib usable with Tcl 8.2.
This can be accomplished with some special
processing in tcllib's index script.

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Patch committed.

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I should have scrolled down. Maybe I do need a coffee in 
the morning :)

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The patch is attached to this bug report.

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Do you have a patch for this ?

Or alternatively can you give me an idea how to do the 
special processing ?

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Here's a patch.