[Rd] mgcv fails to compile in R-1.6.1 (PR#2334)

[Peter Dalgaard BSA]

bjw34032@mh.uk.sbphrd.com writes:

> I am attempting to compile R v1.6.1 on my SGI Octane (running IRIX 6.5)
> and ran into the following error when I encountered the new recommended
> package _mgcv_ (using make)
> 
> gcc -I/usr/local/R-1.6.1/include -I/usr/freeware/include -g -O2 -c
>   matrix.c -o matrix.o
> as: Error: /var/tmp/ccROwBBa.s, line 25029: register expected
> 		 dmtc1 244($sp),$f0
> as: Error: /var/tmp/ccROwBBa.s, line 25029: Undefined symbol: 244

That's a compiler bug, not an R one. You might try reducing the
optimization level.

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