[Rd] Problems building R 2.9.0... on SGI and Sun once again

[Darin A. England]

I have the same problem trying build R 2.9.0 on AIX using the IBM 
Visual Age compilers and GNU make. I'm trying to figure it out, but
any hints on a fix are greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Darin

gmake[2]: Entering directory `/home/denglan/R/builddir/src/library/methods'
building package 'methods'
mkdir ../../../library/methods
gmake[3]: Entering directory `/home/denglan/R/builddir/src/library/methods'
mkdir ../../../library/methods/R
/bin/sh: syntax error at line 1 : `;' unexpected
gmake[3]: *** [front] Error 2
gmake[3]: Leaving directory `/home/denglan/R/builddir/src/library/methods'
gmake[2]: *** [all] Error 2
gmake[2]: Leaving directory `/home/denglan/R/builddir/src/library/methods'
gmake[1]: *** [R] Error 1
gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/home/denglan/R/builddir/src/library'
gmake: *** [R] Error 1
make: The error code from the last command is 1.


On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 02:54:58PM +0300, Atro Tossavainen wrote:
> I've successfully built R 2.9.0 on Linux (amd64, i386 and ppc), but am
> having a bit of trouble with legacy boxen.  What should have gone into
> the variable that is empty at the time it is used in "for f in $SOMETHING"
> and why does it end up being empty?
> 
> Solaris 8 with Sun Studio 11 compilers:
> 
> building package 'methods'
> gmake[4]: Entering directory `/scratch/atossava/R-2.9.0/src/library/methods'
> all.R is unchanged
> /bin/bash: -c: line 1: syntax error near unexpected token `;'
> /bin/bash: -c: line 1: `for f in ; do  if test -f ./${f}; then  ../../../tools/install-sh -c -m 644 ./${f}  ../../../library/methods;  fi;  done'
> gmake[4]: *** [front] Error 2
> gmake[4]: Leaving directory `/scratch/atossava/R-2.9.0/src/library/methods'
> 
> IRIX 6.5 with MIPSpro 7.4.4 compilers:
> 
> building package 'methods'
> gmake[4]: Entering directory `/wrk/atossava/R-2.9.0/src/library/methods'
> all.R is unchanged
> /bin/sh: syntax error at line 1 : `;' unexpected
> gmake[4]: *** [front] Error 2
> gmake[4]: Leaving directory `/wrk/atossava/R-2.9.0/src/library/methods'
> 
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