install/libraries on solaris2.6 (PR#280)

[ulrich.poetter@ruhr-uni-bochum.de]

Prof Brian D Ripley writes:
 > On Thu, 16 Sep 1999 ulrich.poetter@ruhr-uni-bochum.de wrote:
 > 
 > > Full_Name: ulrich poetter
 > > Version: 0.65.0
 > > OS: sparc-sun-solaris 2.6
 > > Submission from: (NULL) (134.147.95.163)
 > > 
 > > 
 > > Building R-0.65.0 on sparc-sun-solaris2.6 using sun make + gcc 2.95.1+ binutils
 > > 2.8.1
 > > and ./configure --with-g77 fails when building the eda etc. libraries. The
 > > configure 
 > > script produces SHLIBLDFLAGS= -G. Replacing this in config.site by 
 > > SHLIBLDFLAGS = -shared gives no errors during make, but "make check" fails when
 > > trying to load library "eda" with the message "Symbol rsort not found". Trying
 > > the 
 > > other libraries by hand results in similar errors, except for "base" and "mva",
 > > 
 > > while "make test-Specific" gives no errors. 
 > 
 > Fuller details, please. Exactly that configuration works for me (except I
 > don't know where binutils are in your path). Looks like you haven't got
 > linking against R.X11 correct.  Try using the sun ld if you are not already
 > doing so (it is recommended for Solaris).

Thanks. Using the sun ld (with everything else the same) works. 

The Readme of gnu ld mentions a difference to sun ld and says it would 
emulate its behavior if given the "-E" flag. I didn't try this, but if 
this was the case, could one not try to figure it out in the configure 
script?

Thanks again,
Uli Poetter


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