[R] R-1.6.2: installation problem on Solaris 2.8

[ripley@stats.ox.ac.uk]

There is a bug in gcc-3.2.1 (and 3.2.2) on Solaris.  Don't use them.
It has been reported and acknowledged by the gcc maintainers.

On Wed, 19 Mar 2003, Bo Peng wrote:

> I tried to compile R-1.6.2 from source on Solaris 2.8. There is no 
> problem with configure and make. However, `make test' fails with error 
> message:

[...]

> I am using gcc 3.2.1, I can supply further info if necessary.

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