[R] Re: 1.8.1 Make problem on SunOS

[Prof Brian Ripley]

Do you somehow have bash set as your shell for batch operations?
On that platform you get sh or ksh by default, and bash is not even 
installed by default.

If so, it was a crucial piece of information you haven't told us and is 
something to bear in mind if you need future help.

On Tue, 16 Mar 2004, Michael Ash wrote:

> OK, I solved my problem in case anyone is still interested.
> 
> I have set noclobber (don't redirect ">" on top of an
> existing file) in .bashrc.  The problem didn't clear up
> until I commented the line out of .bashrc.  I tried turning
> the option off in the shell in which I was attempting to
> make R, but to no avail.  Only commenting the noclobber line
> out of .bashrc resolved the problem.  Then "make" worked
> like a charm.
> 
> It took way too long, but it's so satisfying when you crack
> a problem like that.
> 
> Best,
> 
> Michael Ash
> mash at econs.umass.edu
> 
> On Sun, 14 Mar 2004, Michael Ash wrote:
> 
> >
> > I am trying to make R-1.8.1 on (SunOS shell1 5.8 Generic_108528-15 sun4u sparc SUNW,UltraAX-i2). I did
> > ./configure
> > make
> > Configure output seems ok.  The make proceeds until the following line appears, repeated indefinitely (until I break):
> >
> > ./config.status: ./confstat28489-19881/subs.frag: cannot overwrite existing file
> >
> > I suspect that this may involve write permissions (and maybe
> > the umask set in config.status). I am attempting the make in
> > a directory where I have rwx permission.  (I've also tried
> > this with "./configure --prefix=/home/me" with the same
> > result.  I don't have superuser permission on the machine in
> > question and am planning to install R to my home directory.)


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