[R] problem on upgrading to RH6.2 (was problem with ts packa

[Martyn Plummer]

On 24-May-00 Prof Brian D Ripley wrote:
> On Wed, 24 May 2000, Christian Posse wrote:
> 
>> 
>> I just encountered a problem with the ts package:
>> 
>> > library(ts)
>> Error in dyn.load(x, as.logical(local), as.logical(now)) :
>>         unable to load shared library
>> "/usr/local/lib/R/library/ts/libs/ts.so":
>>   /usr/local/lib/R/library/ts/libs/ts.so: undefined symbol: ma
>
> ...
>
> I have no idea what is going on: ma is not a symbol in the ts package,
> so the problem is definitely elsewhere. We do know that this works
> correctly when compiled and run on an RH6.2 system.

I'm afraid dlerror() can return garbage on RH6.2 so the
"undefined symbol: ma" message is probably not helpful.

The latest R RPM for Red Hat Linux is compiled on RH6.2 and works fine.
I suggest you try that.

Martyn


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