[Rd] cygwin R-2.14.0 build fail

[Prof Brian Ripley]

The failures are *not* minor.  Please don't distribute an R linked to 
a broken BLAS library.  Those tests are not for fun: they came from 
real errors on real problems.

On Wed, 16 Nov 2011, marco atzeri wrote:

> On 11/12/2011 3:25 PM, Mark Carter wrote:
>> I tried to build R-2.14.0 on cygwin using the commands:
>> ./configure --with-x=no
>> make
>> 
>> I started to get a whole lot of errors starting with:
>> /cygdrive/c/Users/mcarter/src/R-2.14.0/src/modules/internet/Rhttpd.c:275: 
>> undefined reference to `_R_InputHandlers'
>> which I have pasted at
>> 
>> http://pastebin.com/GFb2pq92
>> 
>> I'm aware that there is a cygwinports ports, but it seems outdated, and 
>> when I tried installing it, it was very lengthy and seemed more trouble 
>> that it was worth. I abandoned the installation attempt.
>> 
>> 
>> Any tips on a way forward?
>> 
>
> just built R-2.14.0 deriving from R-2.13.1-1 of cygport.
>
>  configure     --with-blas="$(pkg-config --libs blas)" \
>                --with-lapack \
>                --enable-R-shlib \
>                TCLTK_LIBS="-ltcl84 -ltk84"  \
>                --with-system-zlib \
>                --with-system-bzlib \
>                --with-system-pcre \
>                --with-system-xz \
>                --disable-openmp
>
>
> almost all test passed
>
> $ grep OK  R-2.14.0-1-check.log |wc -l
> 57
>
> only 3 minor failures
>
> $ find ../build/ -name *fail
> ../build/tests/Examples/parallel-Ex.Rout.fail
> ../build/tests/reg-BLAS.Rout.fail
> ../build/tests/reg-IO.Rout.fail
>
> If you are interested I can provide you the binary package.
>
> Regards
> Marco
>
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