[Rd] Possible issue with make install (PR#8883)

[mschwartz at mn.rr.com]

On Fri, 2006-05-19 at 22:44 +0200, hornyaks at mail.nih.gov wrote:
> Full_Name: Stanley Hornyak
> Version: 2.3.0
> OS: Solaris 9
> Submission from: (NULL) (128.231.93.143)
> 
> 
> # make install
> installing doc ...
> installing doc/html ...
> installing doc/html/search ...
> installing doc/manual ...
> installing etc ...
> bash: -c: line 1: syntax error near unexpected token `;'
> *** Error code 2
> make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `install'
> Current working directory /home/hornyaks/Compiles/R/R-2.3.0/etc
> *** Error code 1
> make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `install'
> 
> 
> bash version is the Solaris default of 2.0.5.
> 
> Everything else seems to be OK.  I used straight borne shell during the
> configure and make.
> 
> 
> 
> Suggestions?

Either use r-patched, available from:

  ftp://ftp.stat.math.ethz.ch/Software/R/R-patched.tar.gz

or as Peter just noted on r-help, better yet and if willing, use
2.3.1Beta from:

  http://cran.r-project.org/src/base-prerelease/

This bug was reported previously and fixed:

  https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-devel/2006-May/037626.html

HTH,

Marc Schwartz