[Rd] using zlib in a package: problems in windows

[Ramon Diaz-Uriarte]

Dear Prof. Ripley,

Thanks.

Best,

R.

On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 7:44 AM, Prof Brian Ripley
<ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk> wrote:
> gzprintf is not in Rzlib.dll.  It has been commented out in the R build.
> So you will need to use you own copy of zlib.
>
> On Tue, 20 May 2008, Ramon Diaz-Uriarte wrote:
>
>> Dear All,
>>
>> I am having trouble getting an R package to build and install
>> correctly under Windows. In this package, which builds and checks OK
>> under Linux, I use zlib (among other functions, gzprintf).
>>
>> As mentioned by Prof. Ripley a while back, the file "CHANGES" under
>> src/gnuwin32 says explains that to, to use zlib, one has to set
>> $(ZLIB_LIBS) in PKG_LIBS. I have a Makefile.win with just that.
>>
>> I have also downloaded the Windows toolset (Rtools.exe) which I have
>> used to successfully build R-patched. However, I still cannot get the
>> package to compile.
>>
>>> From the log, it seems that in fact the build is trying to use zlib,
>>
>> but the gzprintf symbol is not found. However, gzprintf is in the
>> zlib.h header.  00install.out follows below.
>>
>> What am I doing wrong?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> R.
>>
>> P.D. I am using Windows 2000 (under vmware).
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ---------- Making package RJaCGH ------------
>>
>>  **********************************************
>>  WARNING: this package has a configure script
>>        It probably needs manual configuration
>>  **********************************************
>>
>>  adding build stamp to DESCRIPTION
>>  installing NAMESPACE file and metadata
>>  making DLL ...
>> making nnhl.d from nnhl.c
>> gcc  -std=gnu99  -Ic:/R/R-patc~1/include     -O3 -Wall  -c nnhl.c -o
>> nnhl.o
>> windres --preprocessor="gcc -E -xc -DRC_INVOKED" -I
>> c:/R/R-patc~1/include  -i RJaCGH_res.rc -o RJaCGH_res.o
>> gcc  -std=gnu99  -shared -s  -o RJaCGH.dll RJaCGH.def nnhl.o
>> RJaCGH_res.o  -Lc:/R/R-patc~1/bin -lRzlib   -lR
>> nnhl.o:nnhl.c:(.text+0x138f): undefined reference to `gzprintf'
>> nnhl.o:nnhl.c:(.text+0x13ae): undefined reference to `gzprintf'
>> nnhl.o:nnhl.c:(.text+0x13d2): undefined reference to `gzprintf'
>> nnhl.o:nnhl.c:(.text+0x13f6): undefined reference to `gzprintf'
>> nnhl.o:nnhl.c:(.text+0x1415): undefined reference to `gzprintf'
>> nnhl.o:nnhl.c:(.text+0x1451): more undefined references to `gzprintf'
>> follow
>> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
>> make[3]: *** [RJaCGH.dll] Error 1
>> make[2]: *** [srcDynlib] Error 2
>> make[1]: *** [all] Error 2
>> make: *** [pkg-RJaCGH] Error 2
>> *** Installation of RJaCGH failed ***
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Ramon Diaz-Uriarte
>> Statistical Computing Team
>> Structural Biology and Biocomputing Programme
>> Spanish National Cancer Centre (CNIO)
>> http://ligarto.org/rdiaz
>>
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-- 
Ramon Diaz-Uriarte
Statistical Computing Team
Structural Biology and Biocomputing Programme
Spanish National Cancer Centre (CNIO)
http://ligarto.org/rdiaz