[Rd] configure error on alpha (PR#806)

[telford@progsoc.uts.edu.au]

On Wed, Jan 10, 2001 at 06:53:03AM +0100, Richard.Beare@cmis.CSIRO.AU wrote:
> I've found that the default options of gcc and g77 on alpha produce an
> executable that suffers from floating exceptions.

I've been running R on alpha for about a year and haven't seen this
problem... can you provide a method to reproduce it?

> There seems to be a
> problem with the configure scripts that prevents the --with-f77 option
> working correctly. The configure script tests that f77 is running by
> attempting to compile and link a dummy program - the link step seems
> broken on the alpha (it doesn't like the command 
> 
> f77 -o conftest conftest.f -L/usr/local/lib
> 
> The command works fine without the -L switch.
> 
> )

The argument over whether the system should recognise
/usr/local/lib as a legitimate location for libraries
rages back and forth but believe me that there are many
systems that ONLY work with the -L switch.

Do you have something strange and nasty lurking in
/usr/local/lib, maybe old versions of something ?

Do you actually HAVE a directory /usr/local/lib ?

> R is now configured for alphaev56-dec-osf4.0d

OK, I have been using debian linux so there are
no doubt some differences right there. Also,
my chip is only ev4 (possibly irrelevant).

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