[R] errors with compilation

[Prof Brian Ripley]

Please try the R-patched.version of R (see the posting guide or the FAQ).

That seems to be about an error in the R 2.8.0 sources that was corrected 
in October, and only happens if you do not ask for X11 support (which most 
R users need, including it seems all the pre-release testers).

On Tue, 9 Dec 2008, Jason Tan wrote:

> Hi,
>
> i'm trying to compile R on a Cray XT3 using pgi/7.2.1 - CNL (compute node 
> linux)
> The R version is 2.8.0
>
> this is the option
> -enable-R-static-lib=yes
> --disable-R-shlib
/* The latter is the default */

> CPICFLAGS=fpic
> FPICFLAGS=fpic
> CXXPICFLAGS=fpic
> SHLIB_LDFLAGS=shared
> --with-x=no
> SHLIB_CXXLDFLAGS=shared
> --disable-BLAS-shlib

Do you really need to set all these?  And are you sure you know the 
correct values?  ('-shared' is standard on Linux.)

> CFLAGS="-g -O2 -Kieee"
> FFLAGS="-g -O2 -Kieee"
> CXXFLAGS="-g -O2 -Kieee"
> FCFLAGS="-g -O2 -Kieee"
> CC=cc
> F77=ftn
> CXX=CC
> FC=ftn
>
> R is now configured for x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
>
> Source directory:          .
> Installation directory:    /lus/nid00036/jasont/R
>
> C compiler:                cc  -g -O2 -Kieee
> Fortran 77 compiler:       ftn  -g -O2 -Kieee
>
> C++ compiler:              CC  -g -O2 -Kieee
> Fortran 90/95 compiler:    ftn -g -O2 -Kieee
> Obj-C compiler:	     gcc -g -O2
>
> Interfaces supported:
> External libraries:        readline
> Additional capabilities:   PNG, JPEG, iconv, MBCS, NLS
> Options enabled:           static R library, R profiling, Java
>
> Recommended packages:      yes
>
> The error is :
>
> cc -I../../src/extra/zlib -I../../src/extra/bzip2 -I../../src/extra/pcre  -I. 
> -I../../src/include -I../../src/include -I/usr/local/include -DHAVE_CONFIG_H 
> -g -O2 -Kieee -c pcre.c -o pcre.o
> /opt/cray/xt-asyncpe/1.2/bin/cc: INFO: linux target is being used
> PGC-W-0155-64-bit integral value truncated  (/usr/include/wctype.h: 108)
> PGC-W-0155-64-bit integral value truncated  (/usr/include/wctype.h: 109)
> PGC-W-0155-64-bit integral value truncated  (/usr/include/wctype.h: 110)
> PGC-W-0155-64-bit integral value truncated  (/usr/include/wctype.h: 111)
> PGC/x86-64 Linux 7.2-1: compilation completed with warnings
> cc -I../../src/extra/zlib -I../../src/extra/bzip2 -I../../src/extra/pcre  -I. 
> -I../../src/include -I../../src/include -I/usr/local/include -DHAVE_CONFIG_H 
> -g -O2 -Kieee -c platform.c -o platform.o
> /opt/cray/xt-asyncpe/1.2/bin/cc: INFO: linux target is being used
> PGC-S-0037-Syntax error: Recovery attempted by deleting identifier FALSE 
> (platform.c: 1657)
> PGC-S-0094-Illegal type conversion required (platform.c: 1661)
> PGC/x86-64 Linux 7.2-1: compilation completed with severe errors
> make[3]: *** [platform.o] Error 2
> make[3]: Leaving directory `/lus/nid00036/jasont/R-2.8.0/src/main'
> make[2]: *** [R] Error 2
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/lus/nid00036/jasont/R-2.8.0/src/main'
> make[1]: *** [R] Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/lus/nid00036/jasont/R-2.8.0/src'
> make: *** [R] Error 1
>
>
> Jason Tan
> Senior Computer Support Officer
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