[Rd] Installing R-2.2.0 package

[Dean, David P]

> From: Prof Brian Ripley [mailto:ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk]
> Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 12:21 PM
> To: Dean, David P
> Cc: Uwe Ligges; r-devel at r-project.org; Paul Gilbert
> Subject: Re: [Rd] Installing R-2.2.0 package
> 
> On Thu, 13 Oct 2005, Dean, David P wrote:
> 
> >> From: Prof Brian Ripley [mailto:ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk]
> >> Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 11:42 AM
> >> To: Uwe Ligges
> >> Cc: Paul Gilbert; r-devel at r-project.org; Dean, David P
> >> Subject: Re: [Rd] Installing R-2.2.0 package
> >>
> >> It works on Solaris 8 for me, and this is checked as part of the
> >> alpha/beta process.
> >>
> >> The code is the same on Linux and Solaris, after all, so this would
> have
> >> to be a Solaris shell bug.
> >
> > I'm on Solaris 8 as well. R is compiled for 64-bits, but I wouldn't
> expect
> > that to be a factor.
> 
> I tested this on a 64-bit setup, as it happens.
> 
> > R was built and is run in an environment created with
> > OpenPKG and containing GNU equivalents to many utilities -- so it's not
> a
> > stock Solaris setup.
> 
> I hope /bin/sh is Solaris and not bash.
> 
> > I'm not familiar with R internals but will be happy to try to debug if I
> > can. Does the installer call out to the shell somehow? Where would I
> start
> > to look for the relevant code?
> 
> INSTALL _is_ a shell script.
> 
> Rather than mess about with past code, can you first please try the
> current R-patched (see the FAQ) as I will shortly not have R-2.2.0 on
> Solaris but rather R-patched (I already have R-devel in 4 flavours).
> 
> >
> > Thanks!
> > David Dean

OK, I'll try the current patched. I did locate the INSTALL script and added
a -x flag to see what is going on. (This is in the stock 2.2.0):

+ do_exit_on_error 
remove_R_package_dir=yes
+ test -z 
/net/gsun374/app/openpkg/lib/R-2.2.0-64bit/lib/R/bin/INSTALL: test: argument
expected

I think this line in do_exit_on_error causes an abend if bundlepkg isn't
set:

If test -z ${bundlepkg}; do

Cheers,
David Dean
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