[R] Version 1.5.1 failing make check.

[Peter Dalgaard BSA]

Rolf Turner <rolf at math.unb.ca> writes:

> I just tried to install R version 1.5.1, and it is failing
> ``make check'', as follows:
....
> Amongst other things:
> 
> 	(1) in tests/Examples/base-Ex.Rout.fail we find
> 
> 		Error: !is.nan(var(1)) is not TRUE
...
> 
> 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?

Didn't we just do that one and traced it to a compiler issue? You
might want to check the mailing list archives. It's certainly possible
to get R running properly on Sol.2.7 -- both Brian Ripley and I still
install on such systems.

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