[Rd] Problem building R-3.2.4

[peter dalgaard]

Yes, this is fixed in R-patched, but you can just change the $ to @ which is what was intended.

You could also install a system-wide version of the library. Notice that in 3.3.x, the included xz & al. will disappear.

-pd

> On 10 Mar 2016, at 17:51 , Mick Jordan <mick.jordan at oracle.com> wrote:
> 
> I am trying to build R-3.2.4 on an Oracle Enterprise Linux system, where I have previously built R-3.1.3 and predecessors without problems. I ran "./configure --with-x=no" ok. The make fails in src/extra/xz with what looks like a Makefile problem:
> 
> liblzma.a: $(liblzma_a_OBJECTS)
>    $rm -f $@
>    $(AR) -cr $@ $(liblzma_a_OBJECTS)
>    $(RANLIB) $@
> 
> 
> What I see in the make log is:
> 
> gcc -std=gnu99 -I./api -I. -I../../../src/include -I../../../src/include -I/usr/local/include -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -fopenmp  -g -O2  -c x86.c -o x86.o
> m -f liblzma.a
> make[4]: m: Command not found
> make[4]: *** [liblzma.a] Error 127
> make[4]: Leaving directory `/tmp/R-3.2.4/src/extra/xz'
> make[3]: *** [R] Error 2
> make[3]: Leaving directory `/tmp/R-3.2.4/src/extra/xz'
> make[2]: *** [make.xz] Error 2
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/tmp/R-3.2.4/src/extra'
> make[1]: *** [R] Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/R-3.2.4/src'
> make: *** [R] Error 1
> 
> I'm very suspicious of the "$rm -f @a" line, which also appears in the Makefile.in. Seems like $r has resolved to empty leading to the command "m -f liblzma.a"
> 
> Mick Jordan
> 
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