[R] Version 1.5.1 failing make check.

[Rolf Turner]

I just tried to install R version 1.5.1, and it is failing
``make check'', as follows:

$ make check
`Makedeps' is up to date.
running code in 'base-Ex.R' ...*** Error code 1
make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `base-Ex.Rout'
Current working directory /home1/faculty/rolf/Traal/Rtmp/R-1.5.1/tests/Examples
*** Error code 1
make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `test-Examples'
Current working directory /home1/faculty/rolf/Traal/Rtmp/R-1.5.1/tests/Examples
*** Error code 1
make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `test-Examples'
Current working directory /home1/faculty/rolf/Traal/Rtmp/R-1.5.1/tests
*** Error code 1
make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `test-all-basics'
Current working directory /home1/faculty/rolf/Traal/Rtmp/R-1.5.1/tests
*** Error code 1
make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `check'

Amongst other things:

	(1) in tests/Examples/base-Ex.Rout.fail we find

		Error: !is.nan(var(1)) is not TRUE

	(2) in tests/ a diff of arith-true.Rout.fail and
	arith-true.Rout.save gives

			80c80
			< [1] FALSE
			---
			> [1] TRUE
			82c82
			< [1] FALSE
			---
			> [1] TRUE

	Looking in these files shows the difference to come from

		all(!is.nan(c(1,NA)))
	and
		all(c(F,T,F) == is.nan(list(1,NaN,NA)))

	I checked that in R version 1.4.1, which is currently running
	on our system, these give TRUE, in agreement with
	arith-true.Rout.save.  Likewise

		!is.nan(var(1))

	gives TRUE, as it apparently should, under 1.4.1.

	(So the problem would seem --- ??? --- to be with the new
	version rather than with our system.)

	There are a bunch of other errors as well.

Should I just ignore the fact that ``make check'' fails, and go ahead
and install 1.5.1?  (I ***really*** don't like the idea of doing
this!)  If not what, if anything, can I do to make it not fail?

Version information (when I fire up the new, but not installed,
version 1.5.1, by invoking bin/R:

platform sparc-sun-solaris2.7
arch     sparc               
os       solaris2.7          
system   sparc, solaris2.7   
status                       
major    1                   
minor    5.1                 
year     2002                
month    06                  
day      17                  
language R     

Thanks for any wisdom and insight that anyone can provide.

					cheers,

						Rolf Turner
						rolf at math.unb.ca

P. S.  I ***think*** that version 1.5.1 was made with a different
gcc than was 1.4.1.  Could this be the problem?  And if so, what
do I do about it?

						R. T.
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