[Rd] [External] Re: R 4.0.0 build error with sysdata.rda on ppc64el architecture

[Peter Dalgaard]

I don't think compiler was involved, it was just the next thing after sysdata.rda, so a suspect at some point.

-pd

> On 30 Apr 2020, at 16:11 , luke-tierney using uiowa.edu wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 30 Apr 2020, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote:
> 
>> 
>> On 30 April 2020 at 09:42, Iñaki Ucar wrote:
>> | On Thu, 30 Apr 2020 at 02:49, Dirk Eddelbuettel <edd using debian.org> wrote:
>> | > And to keep the list abreast, this appears to be related to the long double
>> | > issue on powerpc where needed an extra #define to ensure compilation. That
>> [...]
>> | Which reminds me that [1] was required for v3.6.2. Could be related?
>> 
>> Yes, that is what I refered to via "long double issue on powerpc". Without a
>> URL but it is the same issue (in the sense of that architecture being "very
>> different"); it simply is no longer the same issue of needing the #define to
>> compile. But the diffferent nature of powerpc now bite's R own 'compiler'
>> package.  R Core is on it; I may avoid it in a quicker fix by disabling long
>> double support on just this platform (til we have a better fix).
> 
> Maybe I missed something. How is the 'compiler' package involved?
> 
> Best,
> 
> luke
> 
>> 
>> Dirk
>> 
>> 
> 
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