[R] Error Compiling e1071

[Dirk Eddelbuettel]

On Sat, Jun 07, 2003 at 06:31:22PM +0800, Adaikalavan Ramasamy wrote:
> I am trying to compile the package e1071 (version 1.3-11) with R CMD
> INSTALL. I tried with R 1.7.0 on Redhat Linux 2.4.7-10 and R 1.6.2 on
> Linux 2.4.9-34smp but keep getting the same error message during
> configure :
> 
> WARNING: g++ 2.96 cannot reliably be used with this package. Please use
> a different compiler.
> 
> Can anyone help me with this or at least point me in the right direction
> ? Thank you very much.

<sarcasm>
Which part of "use a different compiler" don't you understand ?
</sarcasm>

Seriously, RH earned a lot bad press with the gcc 2.96 release. You are
currently experiencing why: it didn't work that well.  Do yourself a favour
and upgrade either your compiler, or your RH version.  Or go Debian :)

Dirk

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