[Rd] configure script fails on comment in tkConfig.sh (PR#1500)

[Kurt Hornik]

>>>>> kleiweg  writes:

> The configure script failed on tk on several platforms. One is
> given below. This did not happen on versions of R older than 1.5.0.

> Message from configure:

> configure: WARNING: /opt_local/opt/tk-8.0/include/tk.h: accepted by the compiler, rejected by the preprocessor!
> configure: WARNING: /opt_local/opt/tk-8.0/include/tk.h: proceeding with the preprocessor's result

> This was in config.log, the command on a single line:

> configure:21361: cc -E -I/opt_local/opt/readline/include
>   -I/opt_local/opt/tk/include -I/opt_local/opt/tcl/include
>   -I/opt_local/opt/jpeg6/inclu de -I/opt_local/opt/png/include
>   -I/opt_local/opt/ncurses/include -I/opt_local/opt/zlib/include
>   -I/opt_local/opt/R/include # no special path needed
>   -I/opt_local/opt/tcl-8.0/include conftest.c
> cc: warning 485: Can't open "#".
> cc: warning 485: Can't open "no".
> cc: warning 485: Can't open "special".
> cc: warning 485: Can't open "path".
> cc: warning 485: Can't open "needed".

> I had to edit tkConfig.sh to solve this problem. This line:

> TK_XINCLUDES='# no special path needed'

> changed to this:

> TK_XINCLUDES=


> After this fix, R was configured for tcl/tk, and the package
> tcltk seems to work OK (at least on this platform).

A bug in your Tcl/Tk installation, I think.

Which version of Linux is this?

-k

> # Tk's version number.
> TK_VERSION='8.3'
> TK_MAJOR_VERSION='8'
> TK_MINOR_VERSION='3'
> TK_PATCH_LEVEL='.3'

> Version:
>  platform = i686-pc-linux-gnu
>  arch = i686
>  os = linux-gnu
>  system = i686, linux-gnu
>  status =
>  major = 1
>  minor = 5.0
>  year = 2002
>  month = 04
>  day = 29
>  language = R

> Search Path:
>  .GlobalEnv, package:tcltk, package:ctest, Autoloads, package:base
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