[R] make error R-5.1 on sun solaris

[Peter Dalgaard]

Dan Powers wrote:
> I hope this is enough information to determine the problem. Thanks in
> advance for any help.
>
> Configure goes ok (I think)
>
> ./configure --prefix=$HOME --without-iconv
>
>
> R is now configured for sparc-sun-solaris2.9
>
>   Source directory:          .
>   Installation directory:    /home/dpowers
>
>   C compiler:                gcc  -g -O2
>   Fortran 77 compiler:       f95  -g
>
>   C++ compiler:              g++  -g -O2
>   Fortran 90/95 compiler:    f95 -g
>   Obj-C compiler:             -g -O2
>
>   Interfaces supported:      X11
>   External libraries:        readline
>   Additional capabilities:   NLS
>   Options enabled:           shared BLAS, R profiling, Java
>
>   Recommended packages:      yes
>
> Make ends after the gcc..
>
> make
> .
> .
> .
>
> gcc -I. -I../../src/include -I../../src/include -I/usr/openwin/include
> -I/usr/local/include -DHAVE_CONFIG_H   -g -O2 -c system.c -o system.o
> system.c: In function `Rf_initialize_R':
> system.c:144: parse error before `char'
> system.c:216: `localedir' undeclared (first use in this function)
> system.c:216: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
> system.c:216: for each function it appears in.)
> *** Error code 1
> make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `system.o'
> Current working directory /home/dpowers/R-2.5.1/src/unix
> *** Error code 1
> make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `R'
> Current working directory /home/dpowers/R-2.5.1/src/unix
> *** Error code 1
> make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `R'
> Current working directory /home/dpowers/R-2.5.1/src
> *** Error code 1
> make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `R'
>
>
> I have tried setting localedir directly in configure options, but get the
> same error.
>
> Any ideas?
>
>   
Hmm, which version of gcc is this? The problem seems to be around line 
144 which reads

140     Rstart Rp = &rstart;
141     cmdlines[0] = '\0';
142 
143 #ifdef ENABLE_NLS
144     char localedir[PATH_MAX+20];
145 #endif
146 
147 #if defined(HAVE_SYS_RESOURCE_H) && defined(HAVE_GETRLIMIT)
148 {
149     struct rlimit rlim;


I seem to remember that it used to be non-kosher to mix declarations 
and ordinary code like that, but the current compiler doesn't seem to 
care (I do have #define ENABLE_NLS 1 in Rconfig.h, as I assume you do 
too). Could you perhaps try moving line 141 down below #endif?



> Thanks,
> Dan
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