[R] Compilation package error

[Prof Brian Ripley]

This is a compiler error, not an R package error.  Please ask on a 
suitable (Debian?) compiler list.

As a possible hint, when such things happen on Solaris it indicates a 
mis-installed gcc, missing the gnu binutils it depends on.

On Mon, 24 Oct 2005, Poizot Emmanuel wrote:

> Dear all,
> I tried to install gstat package and add the following compilation error :
>
> ------------------------>
> * Installing *source* package 'gstat' ...
> creating cache ./config.cache
> checking for gcc... gcc
> checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) works... yes
> checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) is a cross-compiler... no
> checking whether we are using GNU C... yes
> checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
> checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
> checking for AIX... no
> checking for minix/config.h... no
> checking for POSIXized ISC... no
> checking for ANSI C header files... yes
> checking for working const... yes
> checking whether time.h and sys/time.h may both be included... yes
> checking for 8-bit clean memcmp... yes
> checking for vprintf... yes
> checking for strstr... yes
> checking for strtod... yes
> checking for strtol... yes
> checking for drand48... yes
> checking for gettimeofday... yes
> checking whether byte ordering is bigendian... no
> checking for memory.h... yes
> checking for ANSI C header files... (cached) yes
> checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C...
> checking for function prototypes... yes
> checking for working const... (cached) yes
> checking for complex.h... yes
> checking for malloc.h... yes
> checking for varargs.h... no
> checking for size_t... yes
> checking for working const... (cached) yes
> checking whether byte ordering is bigendian... (cached) no
> checking for u_int
> computing machine epsilon(s)
> gcc -o macheps ./src/meschach/dmacheps.c
> gcc -o macheps ./src/meschach/fmacheps.c
> computing M_MAX_INT
> gcc -o maxint maxint.c
> ./src/meschach/maxint.c: In function 'main':
> ./src/meschach/maxint.c:37: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of 
> built-in function 'printf'
> checking char \\0 vs. float zeros
> checking for bcopy... yes
> checking for bzero... yes
> checking for function prototypes
> checking for function prototypes in structures
> updating cache ./config.cache
> creating ./config.status
> creating makefile
> creating src/config.h
> creating src/machine.h
> ** libs
> gcc -I/usr/lib/R/include   -mieee-with-inexact  -fPIC  -g -O2 -c block.c -o 
> block.o
> gcc -I/usr/lib/R/include   -mieee-with-inexact  -fPIC  -g -O2 -c chfactor.c 
> -o chfactor.o
> gcc -I/usr/lib/R/include   -mieee-with-inexact  -fPIC  -g -O2 -c copy.c -o 
> copy.o
> gcc -I/usr/lib/R/include   -mieee-with-inexact  -fPIC  -g -O2 -c data.c -o 
> data.o
> /tmp/ccXDZili.s: Messages de l'assembleur:
> /tmp/ccXDZili.s:8032: ERREUR: Opérande de relocalisation inconnue: 
> !lituse_jsrdirect
> make: *** [data.o] Erreur 1
> ERROR: compilation failed for package 'gstat'
> ** Removing '/usr/local/lib/R/site-library/gstat'
> ** Restoring previous '/usr/local/lib/R/site-library/gstat'
> ------------------->
>
> R run on a dec alpha station under Debian Sarge 64 bits (alpha version of 
> course).
> Compiler version is gcc 4.0.2.
>
> Regards
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------
> Emmanuel Poizot
> Cnam/Intechmer
> B.P. 324
> 50103 Cherbourg Cedex
>
> Phone (Direct) : (00 33)(0)233887342
> Fax : (00 33)(0)233887339
> ------------------------------------------------
>
>

-- 
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