[Rd] R-1.9.0 won't compile on OSX (PR#6848)

[stefano iacus]

Please, at least tell us which configure options you used and tools' 
versions.
stefano

On May 3, 2004, at 2:52 PM, Prof Brian Ripley wrote:

> I don't think this is a bug in *R*, especially as you appear to be 
> using
> the unreleased gcc 3.4!
>
> Hint: there needs to be a dynamic library for libg2c, not a static 
> one. If
> there is not, that's a g77 on MacOS X problem, which at one time (gcc 
> 3.1)
> we had to overcome by using vecLib.
>
> See the R-admin manual which says
>
>   ./configure --with-blas='-framework vecLib' --with-lapack --with-aqua
>
>   The first two options are strongly recommended.
>
> Did you actually follow that advice?  You appear to be trying to use
> atlas, and there is advice about needing a PIC version for that to 
> work.
>
>
> On Mon, 3 May 2004 Dan.Kelley at Dal.Ca wrote:
>
>> Full_Name: Dan Kelley
>> Version: 1.9.0
>> OS: OSX (Darwin 7.3.0)
>> Submission from: (NULL) (129.173.23.36)
>>
>>
>> R-1.9.0 will not compile on Apple OSX (Darwin kernel 7.3.0).  The 
>> error msg
>> starts as follows, and has several more errors.
>>
>> gcc -dynamiclib -L/sw/lib -L/usr/local/lib -install_name
>> /Library/Frameworks/R.f
>> ramework/Versions/1.9.0/Resources/bin/libRlapack.dylib -o 
>> libRlapack.dylib
>> dlapa
>> ck0.lo dlapack1.lo dlapack2.lo dlapack3.lo cmplx.lo  -lf77blas -latlas
>> -L/sw/lib
>>  -L/usr/local/lib -L/sw/lib/gcc/powerpc-apple-darwin7.2.0/3.4
>> -L/sw/lib/gcc/powe
>> rpc-apple-darwin7.2.0/3.4/../../.. -lfrtbegin -lg2c -lSystem
>> ld: common symbols not allowed with MH_DYLIB output format with the
>> -multi_modul
>> e option
>> /sw/lib/libg2c.a(err.o) definition of common _f__cblank (size 4)
>> /sw/lib/libg2c.a(fmt.o) definition of common _f__cnt (size 40)
>
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