[Rd] R-beta_2010-10-02_r53128 fails to compile on FreeBSD

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On Sun, 3 Oct 2010, Rainer Hurling wrote:

> I tried to compile R-beta_2010-10-02_r53128 on FreeBSD 9.0-CURRENT (amd64) 
> with gcc-4.4.5 and it fails:
>
> -----------------------------------------
> gcc -std=gnu99 -I../../src/extra/zlib -I../../src/extra/bzip2 
> -I../../src/extra/pcre  -I../../src/extra   -I. -I../../src/include 
> -I../../src/include -I/usr/local/include -DHAVE_CONFIG_H   -g -O2 -c 
> sysutils.c -o sysutils.o
> sysutils.c: In function 'R_system':
> sysutils.c:289: warning: implicit declaration of function 'WIFEXITED'
> sysutils.c:289: warning: implicit declaration of function 'WEXITSTATUS'
> gcc -std=gnu99 -I../../src/extra/zlib -I../../src/extra/bzip2 
> -I../../src/extra/pcre  -I../../src/extra   -I. -I../../src/include 
> -I../../src/include -I/usr/local/include -DHAVE_CONFIG_H   -g -O2 -c unique.c 
> -o unique.o
> gcc -std=gnu99 -I../../src/extra/zlib -I../../src/extra/bzip2 
> -I../../src/extra/pcre  -I../../src/extra   -I. -I../../src/include 
> -I../../src/include -I/usr/local/include -DHAVE_CONFIG_H   -g -O2 -c util.c 
> -o util.o
> gcc -std=gnu99 -I../../src/extra/zlib -I../../src/extra/bzip2 
> -I../../src/extra/pcre  -I../../src/extra   -I. -I../../src/include 
> -I../../src/include -I/usr/local/include -DHAVE_CONFIG_H   -g -O2 -c 
> version.c -o version.o
> gcc -std=gnu99 -I../../src/extra/zlib -I../../src/extra/bzip2 
> -I../../src/extra/pcre  -I../../src/extra   -I. -I../../src/include 
> -I../../src/include -I/usr/local/include -DHAVE_CONFIG_H   -g -O2 -c vfonts.c 
> -o vfonts.o
> gfortran   -g -O2 -c xxxpr.f -o xxxpr.o
> ar cr libR.a CConverters.o CommandLineArgs.o Rdynload.o Renviron.o RNG.o 
> agrep.o apply.o arithmetic.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 devices.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 gramLatex.o gramRd.o graphics.o grep.o identical.o 
> inlined.o inspect.o internet.o iosupport.o lapack.o list.o localecharset.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 platform.o plot.o plot3d.o plotmath.o 
> print.o printarray.o printvector.o printutils.o qsort.o random.o raw.o 
> registration.o relop.o rlocale.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 libs/*o
> ranlib libR.a
> gcc -std=gnu99 -export-dynamic -L/usr/local/lib -o R.bin Rmain.o libR.a 
> -L../../lib -lRblas 
> -L/usr/local/lib/gcc44/gcc/x86_64-portbld-freebsd9.0/4.4.5 
> -L/usr/local/x86_64-portbld-freebsd9.0/lib -L/usr/local/lib/gcc44 -lgfortran 
> -lm  /usr/local/lib/libintl.so /usr/local/lib/libiconv.so -Wl,-rpath 
> -Wl,/usr/local/lib -lreadline -llzma -lm -liconv -licuuc -licui18n
> libR.a(sysutils.o)(.text+0x1d5d): In function `R_system':
> /usr/local/R-beta/src/main/sysutils.c:289: undefined reference to `WIFEXITED'
> libR.a(sysutils.o)(.text+0x1d76):/usr/local/R-beta/src/main/sysutils.c:289: 
> undefined reference to `WEXITSTATUS'
> libR.a(sys-unix.o)(.text+0x475): In function `do_system':
> /usr/local/R-beta/src/unix/sys-unix.c:290: undefined reference to `WIFEXITED'
> libR.a(sys-unix.o)(.text+0x551):/usr/local/R-beta/src/unix/sys-unix.c:290: 
> undefined reference to `WEXITSTATUS'
> *** Error code 1
> Stop in /usr/local/R-beta/src/main.
> *** Error code 1
> Stop in /usr/local/R-beta/src/main.
> *** Error code 1
> Stop in /usr/local/R-beta/src.
> *** Error code 1
> Stop in /usr/local/R-beta.
> -----------------------------------------
>
> Is this a known error? I would really appreciate if someone could give me a 
> hint.

Not known, and as it is a POSIX construction almost all OSes have it.
Can you try (in sysutils.c and sys-unix.c) replacing

#ifdef HAVE_SYS_WAIT_H

by

#if defined(HAVE_SYS_WAIT_H) && defined(WEXITSTATUS)

?


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