[R] Attempt to access unmapped memory

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On Mon, 14 Aug 2006, Alexandre Aguiar wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I am usiing R 2.3.1 under Linux kernel 2.6.11 with 
> libreadline/libhistory 5.1.

That is known to be buggy.  Either patch it or downdate to 5.0.

> Bothe R and readline were compiled without quircks with gcc 3.3.3 and g77.
> 
> Every time I try to edit command line by using del key the following error 
> happens:
> 
> ------------8><--------------
> > ipacks <- instaleld.packages()
>  *** caught segfault ***
> address (nil), cause 'memory not mapped'
> 
> Possible actions:
> 1: abort (with core dump)
> 2: normal R exit
> 3: exit R without saving workspace
> 4: exit R saving workspace
> Selection: Segmentation fault
> ------------8><--------------
> 
> As I have readline 4.3 installed too, I adjusted the symlinks to point to 5.1. 
> No problem with bash. This setup works fine in another machine with same OS 
> and versions.
> 
> Any clues?
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> 
> 

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