[R] Compilation error on mgcv_1.1-7 on OS X (10.3)

[Simon Wood]

> > ld: warning -L: directory name (/usr/local/lib/gcc/powerpc-apple-darwin6.8/3.4.2) does not exist
> > ld: warning -L: directory name (/usr/local/lib/gcc/powerpc-apple-darwin6.8/3.4.2/../../..) does not exist
> > ld: can't locate file for: -lfrtbegin
> >
> > make: *** [mgcv.so] Error 1
> > ERROR: compilation failed for package 'mgcv'
> >
> 
> My guess would be that this package requires G77 in order
> to link correctly as that library is for Fortran.
- The source is C, but linpack and lapack routines are called 
directly (see mgcv/src/mat.c) and they're written in F77... 


> 
> Install this and try it again.
> 
> <http://hpc.sf.net/g77v3.4-bin.tar.gz>
> 
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> SIGSIG -- signature too long (core dumped)
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