[Rd] FLIBS in MacOS M1 binary at odds with documentation for optional libraries/tools

[Balasubramanian Narasimhan]

Thanks, Simon.  I only had sporadic access to a M1 laptop but now 
actually have one. Will try to do my part.

Best,

-Naras

On 11/1/21 8:22 PM, Simon Urbanek wrote:
> Naras,
>
> thanks. It seems that the FLIBS check resolves symlinks, unfortunately (all others are fine).
>
> I would like to remind people that reports are a lot more useful *before* the release - that's why we publish RCs.
>
> Thanks,
> Simon
>
>
>> On Nov 2, 2021, at 3:03 PM, Balasubramanian Narasimhan <naras using stanford.edu> wrote:
>>
>> The Mac OS M1 pre-built binary arrives with a
>> /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/etc/Makevars containing
>>
>> FLIBS =  -L/Volumes/Builds/opt/R/arm64/gfortran/lib/gcc/aarch64-apple-darwin20.2.0/11.0.0 -L/Volumes/Builds/opt/R/arm64/gfortran/lib/gcc -L/Volumes/Builds/opt/R/arm64/gfortran/lib -lgfortran -lemutls_w -lm
>>
>> This is inconsistent with what is at said at the top of
>> https://mac.r-project.org/libs-arm64/: that all binaries live in
>> /opt/R/arm64, not /Volumes/Builds/opt/R/arm64.
>>
>> So no one would be able to build a source package containing Fortran
>> without either modifying Makevars or creating symbolic links.
>>
>> -Naras
>>
>>
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