[Rd] Re: [R] R-2.1.0 doesn't compile on FreeBSD6-CURRENT

[Prof Brian Ripley]

[This is an inappropriate question for R-help.  Perhaps R-devel (see the 
posting guide) but more likely a FreeBSD mailing list.  Moved to R-devel.]

R itself does not refer to __builtin_alloca.  That is something being 
mapped by the FreeBSD headers, and it should be `builtin' using gcc.  (No 
version of alloca is appearing as an import in error.o on Linux or Solaris 
using gcc.)  So it looks like an inconsistency between your compiler and 
OS.

On Sat, 23 Apr 2005, Rainer Hurling wrote:

> Dear R-users,
>
> is there anyone else with problems to get R-2.1.0 compiled on
> FreeBSD6-CURRENT?
>
> After typing '.configure' and then 'make' I get the following output:
>
> -------------------------------------
> [...snip...]
> gcc -export-dynamic -L/usr/local/lib -o R.bin  Rmain.o  CConverters.o
> CommandLineArgs.o Rdynload.o Renviron.o RNG.o apply.o arithmetic.o
> apse.o array.o attrib.o base.o bind.o builtin.o character.o coerce.o
> colors.o complex.o connections.o context.o cov.o cum.o dcf.o datetime.o
> debug.o deparse.o deriv.o dotcode.o dounzip.o dstruct.o duplicate.o
> engine.o envir.o errors.o eval.o format.o fourier.o gevents.o gram.o
> gram-ex.o graphics.o identical.o internet.o iosupport.o lapack.o list.o
> logic.o main.o mapply.o match.o memory.o model.o names.o objects.o
> optim.o optimize.o options.o par.o paste.o pcre.o platform.o plot.o
> plot3d.o plotmath.o print.o printarray.o printvector.o printutils.o
> qsort.o random.o regex.o registration.o relop.o saveload.o scan.o seq.o
> serialize.o size.o sort.o source.o split.o sprintf.o startup.o
> subassign.o subscript.o subset.o summary.o sysutils.o unique.o util.o
> version.o vfonts.o xxxpr.o ../unix/libunix.a ../appl/libappl.a
> ../nmath/libnmath.a   -lg2c -lm  ../extra/zlib/libz.a
> ../extra/bzip2/libbz2.a ../extra/pcre/libpcre.a
> /usr/local/lib/libintl.so -Wl,-rpath -Wl,/usr/local/lib -lreadline -lm
> -liconv
>
> errors.o(.text+0x154b): In function `do_gettext':
> /usr/local/R-2.1.0/src/main/errors.c:779: undefined reference to
> `__builtin_alloca'
> errors.o(.text+0x15fa):/usr/local/R-2.1.0/src/main/errors.c:752:
> undefined reference to `__builtin_alloca'
> errors.o(.text+0x1652):/usr/local/R-2.1.0/src/main/errors.c:760:
> undefined reference to `__builtin_alloca'
> errors.o(.text+0x16aa):/usr/local/R-2.1.0/src/main/errors.c:770:
> undefined reference to `__builtin_alloca'
> errors.o(.text+0x1728):/usr/local/R-2.1.0/src/main/errors.c:738:
> undefined reference to `__builtin_alloca'
> errors.o(.text+0x274d):/usr/local/R-2.1.0/src/main/errors.c:829: more
> undefined references to `__builtin_alloca' follow
> *** Error code 1
>
> Stop in /usr/local/R-2.1.0/src/main.
> *** Error code 1
>
> Stop in /usr/local/R-2.1.0/src/main.
> *** Error code 1
>
> Stop in /usr/local/R-2.1.0/src.
> *** Error code 1
>
> Stop in /usr/local/R-2.1.0.
> -------------------------------------
>
> Are there any experiences with this break?
>
> R-2.0.1 _does_ compile on the same system.
>
> Many thanks in advance,
> Rainer Hurling
>
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