[R] R 2.9.1: Error building target 'front'

[Loris Bennett]

Loris Bennett <loris.bennett at fu-berlin.de> writes:

Bad news: I found no solution to this problem.

Good news: The problem does not occur with version 2.10.0.
 
Loris

> Loris Bennett <loris.bennett at fu-berlin.de> writes:
>
> I get the same problem using R version 2.9.2.
>
> I would be very grateful if anyone could shed some light on this
> issue.
>
> Regards
>
> Loris
>
>> loris.bennett at fu-berlin.de (Loris Bennett) writes:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I am getting the following error
>>>
>>>        # (R-2.9.1/src/library/methods): gmake front
>>>
>>>        /bin/sh: 0403-057 Syntax error at line 1 : `;' is not expected.
>>>        gmake: *** [front] Error 2
>>>
>>> However, I am not sure what script sh is trying to execute at this
>>> point. I am building on AIX 5.3.
>>>
>>
>> Here is some more information on this problem. Running
>>
>>         gmake -n front
>>
>> produces
>>
>>         for f in ; do \
>>           if test -f ./${f}; then \
>>             /usr/local/bin/install -c -m 644 ./${f} \
>>               ../../../library/methods; \
>>           fi; \
>>         done
>>
>> This seems to come from the following line in share/make/basepkg.mk
>>
>>         @for f in $(FRONTFILES); do \
>>
>> Grepping for FRONTFILES yields
>>
>>         library/stats/Makefile.in:FRONTFILES = COPYRIGHTS.modreg SOURCES.ts
>>         library/stats/Makefile.win:FRONTFILES = COPYRIGHTS.modreg SOURCES.ts
>>         library/stats/Makefile:FRONTFILES = COPYRIGHTS.modreg SOURCES.ts
>>
>> Is something similar missing from the makefiles in src/library/methods?
>>
>> Loris
>>
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> Dr. Loris Bennett
> Computer Centre
> Freie Universität Berlin
> Berlin, Germany
>
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Dr. Loris Bennett
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Freie Universität Berlin
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