[Rd] 1.7.0 build error in debian stable i386

[Robert King]

I'm running debian stable, with the addition of tcl8.4-dev, tk8.4-dev from
testing.

debian/rules build gives this ...

gcc -shared  -o methods.so do_substitute_direct.o methods_list_dispatch.o
method_meta_data.o slot.o class_support.o tests.o    -L../../../../bin -lR
mkdir -p -- ../../../../library/methods/libs
make[6]: Leaving directory `/home/king/R/source/src/library/methods/src'
make[5]: Leaving directory `/home/king/R/source/src/library/methods/src'
make[5]: Entering directory `/home/king/R/source/src/library/methods'
dumping R code in package 'methods'
initializing class and method definitions now ...Error in
.Call("R_methodsPackageMetaName", prefix, name, PACKAGE = "methods") : 
	.Call function name not in load table
Execution halted
make[5]: *** [../../../library/methods/R/all.rda] Error 1
make[5]: Leaving directory `/home/king/R/source/src/library/methods'
make[4]: *** [all] Error 2
make[4]: Leaving directory `/home/king/R/source/src/library/methods'
make[3]: *** [R] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/king/R/source/src/library'
make[2]: *** [R] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/king/R/source/src'
make[1]: *** [R] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/king/R/source'
make: *** [make-arch-stamp] Error 2


packages:
+++-==============-==============-============================================
ii  blas-dev       1.1-9          Basic Linear Algebra Subroutines, static
lib
ii  libgnome-dev   1.4.1.4-3      The Gnome libraries -- development
package
ii  libzvt-dev     1.4.1.4-3      The Gnome zvt (zterm) widget --
development 
ii  libgtkxmhtml-d 1.4.1.4-3      The Gnome gtkxmhtml (HTML) widget --
develop
ii  tcl8.4-dev     8.4.0-4        The Tool Command Language (TCL) v8.4 -
Devel
ii  tk8.4-dev      8.4.0-5        The Tk toolkit for TCL and X11 v8.4 -
Develo
ii  libglade-gnome 0.17-2.2       Development files for libglade (Gnome
widget
ii  bison          1.35-3         A parser generator that is compatible
with Y
ii  g77            2.95.4-14      The GNU Fortran 77 compiler.
ii  gcc            2.95.4-14      The GNU C compiler.
ii  groff-base     1.17.2-15.wood GNU troff text-formatting system (base
syste
ii  libncurses5-de 5.2.20020112a- Developer's libraries and docs for
ncurses
ii  libreadline4-d 4.2a-5         GNU readline and history libraries,
developm
ii  tetex-bin      1.0.7+20011202 teTeX binary files
ii  tetex-extra    1.0.2+20011202 extra teTeX library files
ii  debhelper      4.0.2          helper programs for debian/rules
ii  texi2html      1.64-cvs200104 Convert Texinfo files to HTML
ii  texinfo        4.1-2          Documentation system for on-line
information
ii  libbz2-dev     1.0.2-1        A high-quality block-sorting file
compressor
ii  libpcre3-dev   3.4-1.1        Development stuff for libpcre
ii  libpaperg-dev  1.1.8          Library for handling paper
characteristics (

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Robert King, Statistics, School of Mathematical & Physical Sciences,
University of Newcastle, Australia
Room V133  ph +61 2 4921 5548
Robert.King@newcastle.edu.au   http://maths.newcastle.edu.au/~rking/