[Rd] Re: Compile error in 2004-09-21 R 1.9.1 Patched

[Marc Schwartz]

On Tue, 2004-09-21 at 18:32, Marc Schwartz wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I just downloaded the latest R-patched tarball [Version 1.9.1 Patched
> (2004-09-21)] and ran into an error during compilation. This is on FC2
> and the error is as follows:
> 
> dounzip.c: In function `do_unzip':
> dounzip.c:144: error: syntax error before '/' token
> make[3]: *** [dounzip.o] Error 1
> 
> In reviewing the source file, there appears to be an errant '/' on line
> 144. A code snippet follows. Note the '/' on the third line below, just
> before the closing brace:
> 
> #endif
> 	}
>  /  } else {
> 	for (i = 0; i < nfiles; i++) {
> 
> 
> Removal of the character enables successful compilation.
> 
> I reviewed the tarballs for the past few days and this appears to be new
> as of today.
> 
> I also checked today's 2.0.0 beta tarball and the errant character is
> not present in that version.


Just a quick follow up to confirm that, perhaps not surprisingly, the
same error persists in the 2004-09-22 1.9.1 R-patched tarball.

Marc