[Rd] FLIBS in MacOS M1 binary at odds with documentation for optional libraries/tools

[Simon Urbanek]

Naras,

thanks. It seems that the FLIBS check resolves symlinks, unfortunately (all others are fine).

I would like to remind people that reports are a lot more useful *before* the release - that's why we publish RCs.

Thanks,
Simon


> On Nov 2, 2021, at 3:03 PM, Balasubramanian Narasimhan <naras using stanford.edu> wrote:
> 
> The Mac OS M1 pre-built binary arrives with a 
> /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/etc/Makevars containing
> 
> FLIBS =  -L/Volumes/Builds/opt/R/arm64/gfortran/lib/gcc/aarch64-apple-darwin20.2.0/11.0.0 -L/Volumes/Builds/opt/R/arm64/gfortran/lib/gcc -L/Volumes/Builds/opt/R/arm64/gfortran/lib -lgfortran -lemutls_w -lm
> 
> This is inconsistent with what is at said at the top of 
> https://mac.r-project.org/libs-arm64/: that all binaries live in 
> /opt/R/arm64, not /Volumes/Builds/opt/R/arm64.
> 
> So no one would be able to build a source package containing Fortran 
> without either modifying Makevars or creating symbolic links.
> 
> -Naras
> 
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