[Rd] 2.0.1 buglets

[Martin Maechler]

>>>>> "PD" == Peter Dalgaard <p.dalgaard at biostat.ku.dk>
>>>>>     on 04 Nov 2004 23:17:45 +0100 writes:

    PD> Prof Brian Ripley <ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk> writes:
    >> On Thu, 4 Nov 2004, Paul Gilbert wrote:
    >> 
    >> > With R-2.0.1 (patched) on Linux rhlinux 2.4.21-4.ELsmp
    >> > 
    >> > when I configure get > ...  > checking whether C
    >> runtime needs -D__NO_MATH_INLINES... no > checking for
    >> xmkmf... /usr/bin/X11/xmkmf > Usage: which [options] [--]
    >> programname [...]  > Options: --version, -[vV] Print
    >> version and exit successfully.  > --help, Print this help
    >> and exit successfully.  > --skip-dot Skip directories in
    >> PATH that start with a dot.  > ...
    >> > 
    >> > but everything seems to configure and make ok. Should
    >> this message be > expect or is this a bug?
    >> 
    >> It is unexpected.  Is it new in 2.0.1 beta?  You have
    >> told us your kernel, not your distro.  This looks like a
    >> bug, but not in R.

    PD> I've seen it whizz by occasionally but never got around
    PD> to investigate.

me too. IIRC, also in some of my current Linux setups.
I think it's showing unfortunate behavior of configure ..
(ie. a "buglet" in the configure tools used to produce 'configure',
 and not in our 'configure.ac' source).

    PD>  As said, it doesn't actually affect the result of configure.

my experience as well.
Martin