[Rd] problem compiling R-1.9.0beta with PGI compilers on amd6 4

[Liaw, Andy]

> From: Prof Brian Ripley [mailto:ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk] 
> 
> On Fri, 2 Apr 2004, Liaw, Andy wrote:
> 
> > Dear R-devel,
> > 
> > I'm trying to compile R-1.9.0beta (2004-03-31) with the PGI 
> compilers
> > (15-day free evaluation:  after the 15 days the binaries 
> will stop working).
> > I'm running into some problems, that I hope some can offer pointers.
> > 
> > 1. After configure, the FLIBS include /usr/local/lib' --- 
> note the extra '.
> > I had to manually delete it in a couple of places.
> > 
> > In a previous thread on compiling R with ifc/icc, Saikat wrote:
> > ===
> > The problem is in the AC_F77_LIBRARY_LDFLAGS macro. It 
> guesses the linker
> > flags by passing a verbose option (-v for ifc) to the 
> compiler. For ifc this
> > produces a multiline output, one line continued to the next by a \
> > character. It also contains some " characters. These 
> together produces the
> > wrong results. We can fix this by removing all \ and " from 
> the variable
> > ac_f77_v_output in that macro. I am not sure if this breaks 
> anything in
> > other compilers.
> > ===
> > Seems like this is related.
> > 
> > 2. `make' ran fine, until I get:
> > make[3]: Leaving directory `/u1/scratch/R-1.9.0/src/library/ts'
> > installing parsed NAMESPACE files
> > make[2]: *** [R] Error 139
> > make[2]: Leaving directory `/u1/scratch/R-1.9.0/src/library'
> > make[1]: *** [R] Error 1
> > make[1]: Leaving directory `/u1/scratch/R-1.9.0/src'
> > make: *** [R] Error 1
> > 
> > Does anyone know what might be causing this error?
> > 
> > Also, if I then run `bin/R', I just get a segfault.  Is 
> this expected?  (I
> > thought not, since it's at the package building stage...)
> 
> 2. is trying to run R, so that is the cause.  You need to 
> find out why R 
> segfaults.
> 
> -- 
> Brian D. Ripley,                  ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk
> Professor of Applied Statistics,  http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/
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I have a bit of success.  I can build R with pgf77/gcc/g++, and it passes
make check.  Will keep trying with pgcc/pgCC, and maybe compare timing,
if/when I find the time.

Best,
Andy


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