[Rd] [R] Problem loading library Matrix on Solaris machine

[Prof Brian Ripley]

I have four Solaris build setups, gcc/Forte cc x 32/64-bit.
If you tell me a bit more about yours, I can do the appropriate testing.

Looks like this

Matrix/src/taucs/taucs.h:
#if (defined(OSTYPE_irix) || defined(OSTYPE_solaris))

#include <math.h>
#include <ieeefp.h>
#define isinf(x) (!finite((x)) && !isnan((x)))

needs OSTYPE_solaris defined.  (I think I told Doug about this long ago.)

On Thu, 19 Aug 2004, Gerrit Eichner wrote:

> Dear R-devel list members,
> 
> after having contacted Douglas Bates (author of package Matrix) he
> suggested to ask this list for assistance with the following problem:
> 
> After having under
> 
> > version
> platform sparc-sun-solaris2.9
> arch     sparc
> os       solaris2.9
> system   sparc, solaris2.9
> status
> major    1
> minor    9.1
> year     2004
> month    06
> day      21
> language R
> 
> 
> successfully installed the Matrix package
> 
> > packageDescription( "Matrix")
> Package: Matrix
> Version: 0.8-10
> Date: $Date: 2004-07-07 13:23:11 -0500 (Wed, 07 Jul 2004) $
> ...
> Packaged: Wed Jul 7 14:22:56 2004; bates
> Built: R 1.9.1; sparc-sun-solaris2.9; 2004-08-18 14:25:48; unix
> -- File: /usr1/soft/R-1.9.1/lib/R/library/Matrix/DESCRIPTION
> 
> 
> by using
> 
> > options(CRAN = "http://cran.r-project.org/")
> > install.packages("Matrix")
> 
> 
> the attempt to load the library failed:
> 
> > library( Matrix)
> Error in dyn.load(x, as.logical(local), as.logical(now)) :
> unable to load shared library
> "/usr1/soft/R-1.9.1/lib/R/library/Matrix/libs/Matrix.so":
>   ld.so.1: /usr1/soft/R-1.9.1/lib/R/bin/R.bin: fatal: relocation error:
> file /usr1/soft/R-1.9.1/lib/R/library/Matrix/libs/Matrix.so: symbol isinf:
> referenced symbol not found
> Error in library(Matrix) : package/namespace load failed
> 
> 
> Are we missing anything obvious? Is anybody able to point me to a
> solution?
> (We do not have the problem on a Linux machine, so it does not seem to be
> an installation error made by us, but is apparently due to our Solaris
> system libraries.)
> 
> Thank you for any help!
> 
>  Best regards  --  Gerrit
> 
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