[Rd] R 2.15.2 make check failure on 32-bit --with-blas="-lgoto2"

[Paul Gilbert]

Is --with-blas="-lgoto2"  a known problem (other than possibly not being 
the preferred choice)?

I thought I had been testing RC with the same setup I regularly use, but 
I now see there was a slight difference. I am now getting the following 
failure in make check on  32-bit Ubuntu 12.04, configuring with 
--with-blas="-lgoto2". (These may not be surprising statistically or 
numerically, but it is a bit disconcerting when make check fails.)

...
Testing examples for package ‘stats’
   comparing ‘stats-Ex.Rout’ to ‘stats-Ex.Rout.save’ ...
2959c2959
< N:K        1  33.13   33.13   2.146 0.16865
---
 > N:K        1  33.14   33.14   2.146 0.16865
12782c12782
< Murder   -0.536  0.418  0.341  0.649
---
 > Murder   -0.536  0.418 -0.341  0.649
12783c12783
< Assault  -0.583  0.188  0.268 -0.743
---
 > Assault  -0.583  0.188 -0.268 -0.743
12784c12784
< UrbanPop -0.278 -0.873  0.378  0.134
---
 > UrbanPop -0.278 -0.873 -0.378  0.134
12785c12785
< Rape     -0.543 -0.167 -0.818
---
 > Rape     -0.543 -0.167  0.818
12943c12943
< 6  -0.5412  20.482886    -0.845157
---
 > 6  -0.5412  20.482887    -0.845157
14481c14481
< Sum of Squares   780.1250  276.1250 2556.1250  112.5000  774.0937
---
 > Sum of Squares   780.1250  276.1250 2556.1250  112.5000  774.0938
15571c15571
< Murder   -0.54   0.42   0.34   0.65
---
 > Murder   -0.54   0.42  -0.34   0.65
15572c15572
< Assault  -0.58          0.27  -0.74
---
 > Assault  -0.58         -0.27  -0.74
15573c15573
< UrbanPop -0.28  -0.87   0.38
---
 > UrbanPop -0.28  -0.87  -0.38
15574c15574
< Rape     -0.54         -0.82
---
 > Rape     -0.54          0.82
Testing examples for package ‘datasets’
   comparing ‘datasets-Ex.Rout’ to ‘datasets-Ex.Rout.save’ ... OK
...

I inadvertently seemed to have set things slightly differently while 
testing RC. While testing the RC,  I was using
./configure --prefix=/home/paul/RoboRC/R-test/  --enable-R-shlib

and configure gave
...
   External libraries:        readline
   Additional capabilities:   PNG, NLS
   Options enabled:           shared R library, shared BLAS, R 
profiling, Java

whereas with the release I used
./configure --prefix=/home/paul/RoboAdmin/R-2.15.2 --enable-R-shlib 
--with-blas="-lgoto2"

and configure gave
...
   External libraries:        readline, BLAS(generic)
   Additional capabilities:   PNG, NLS
   Options enabled:           shared R library, R profiling, Java

Thanks,
Paul