[Rd] beta build problem

[Prof Brian Ripley]

Whatever '/home/paul/Mybin/gtar' is, it is not a tar unpacker so you 
will need to specify the TAR environment variable when you configure 
R.

'gtar' is very commonly GNU tar (it is on Fedora Linux for example and 
on most third-party toolsets for e.g. Solaris and AIX).  It is an 
unwise choice of name for a personal script.


On Tue, 13 Oct 2009, Paul Gilbert wrote:

> I am having the following problem building
> R-beta_2009-10-12_r50045.tar.gz
>
> on
>
> Ubuntu 9.04 - the Jaunty Jackalope
>
> 
>
> Paul
>
> ________
>
> ...
>
> make[2]: Entering directory
>
> `/home/paul/toolchain/R/R-beta/src/library/Recommended'
>
> begin installing recommended package boot
>
> gzip: invalid option -- 'x'
>
> Try `gzip --help' for more information.
>
> tar: This does not look like a tar archive
>
> tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors Warning in
> utils::untar(pkg, exdir = tmpdir) :
>
>  '/bin/gzip -dc boot.tgz | /home/paul/Mybin/gtar -xf '-' -C
> '/tmp/RtmpIEcemZ/R.INSTALL327b23c6'' returned error code 512
>
> ERROR: error unpacking tarball
>
> make[2]: *** [boot.ts] Error 1
>
> make[2]: Leaving directory
>
> `/home/paul/toolchain/R/R-beta/src/library/Recommended'
>
> make[1]: *** [recommended-packages] Error 2
>
> make[1]: Leaving directory
>
> `/home/paul/toolchain/R/R-beta/src/library/Recommended'
>
> make: *** [stamp-recommended] Error 2
>
> paul at dell-laptop:~/toolchain/R/R-beta$ 
>
> 
>
> 
>
> 
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