[R] Error in R-1.8.1 build

[Jim Lemon]

Prof Brian Ripley wrote:

> You got a segmentation fault from the compiler.  It is the notorious gcc
> `2.96' (see gcc.gnu.org -- there is no such version according to the gcc
> developers).  It used to be a frequent source of grief (but then RedHat
> 7.2 is old now), and the advice is to use a released version of gcc.
>...

Thanks, gcc v3.2.3 in RedHat's Enterprise 3 Linux worked fine.

Jim