[R] Build problem with R-1.4.1 on AM64/Linux

[Peter Dalgaard]

"Liaw, Andy" <andy_liaw at merck.com> writes:

> When R-1.4.1 was released, AMD64 did not exist yet.  You are likely to do
> better by trying to update the package to the current version of R.  The
> first step of that is to change all the `_' for assignment to `<-' in the R
> code.  Some functions might be deprecated, and if so need to be replaced.
> It is possible that you may run into more problems, but those problems, I'd
> guess, are easier to solve than trying to get R-1.4.1 to compile correctly
> on a current AMD64 Linux installation.

My thoughts too. Also, there seems to be an issue with lazy loading,
which is a newer feature, but can be turned off with a line in the
DESCRIPTION file
 
> Just my 0.01532326 Euro (as of 2005-01-18)...

Wrong currency:

0.138560 SEK

or maybe (guessing from the name)

0.873306 INR

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