[Rd] R, AIX 64-bit builds - trying to understand root cause for message: "Error: Line starting 'Package: tools ...' is malformed!"

[Michael Felt]

On 2015-12-31 16:14, Michael Felt wrote:
> -           literal (&, M-^?) (38, 65535), pos 0, sub -1, 0 tags
> +           literal (&, M-^?) (38, -1), pos 0, sub -1, 0 tags 
Getting down to these two lines - so I think it is now "before"

root at x069:[/data/prj/cran/32/R-aix-3.2.3/src/library/tools]od -cb xxx.32
0000000                                            l   i   t   e   r   a
          040 040 040 040 040 040 040 040 040 040 154 151 164 145 162 141
0000020    l       ( &   ,     377   )       (   3   8   ,       6   5
          154 040 050 046 054 040 377 051 040 050 063 070 054 040 066 065
0000040    5   3   5   )   ,       p   o   s       0   ,       s   u   b
          065 063 065 051 054 040 160 157 163 040 060 054 040 163 165 142
0000060        -   1   ,       0       t   a   g   s  \n
          040 055 061 054 040 060 040 164 141 147 163 012

root at x069:[/data/prj/cran/64/R-aix-3.2.3/src/library/tools]od -cb xxx.64
0000000                                            l   i   t   e   r   a
          040 040 040 040 040 040 040 040 040 040 154 151 164 145 162 141
0000020    l       ( &   ,     377   )       (   3   8   ,       -   1
          154 040 050 046 054 040 377 051 040 050 063 070 054 040 055 061
0000040    )   ,       p   o   s       0   ,       s   u   b       -   1
          051 054 040 160 157 163 040 060 054 040 163 165 142 040 055 061
0000060    ,       0       t   a   g   s  \n
          054 040 060 040 164 141 147 163 012

More later, if the New Year doesn't get me first :)