[R] Make error for R-devel package under linux

[Xinxia Peng]

Hi,

I got an error while compiling the R-devel (R-2.5.0) package under
Redhat Linux, but the R-patch package (R-2.4.1) was compiled perfectly
fine. The following is what I got from the R-devel package downloaed on
Jan. 30th., 2007:


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>./configure

....

R is now configured for x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu

  Source directory:          .
  Installation directory:    /usr/local

  C compiler:                gcc -std=gnu99  -g -O2
  Fortran 77 compiler:       g77  -g -O2

  C++ compiler:              g++  -g -O2
  Fortran 90/95 compiler:    gfortran -g -O2
  Obj-C compiler:

  Interfaces supported:      X11
  External libraries:        readline
  Additional capabilities:   PNG, JPEG, iconv, MBCS, NLS
  Options enabled:           shared BLAS, R profiling, Java

  Recommended packages:      yes

configure: WARNING: you cannot build DVI versions of the R manuals
configure: WARNING: you cannot build PDF versions of the R manuals

>make

.....

mkdir -p -- ../../../../library/tools/libs
make[5]: Leaving directory
`/nethome/xpeng/linux/tools/R-devel/src/library/tools/src'
make[4]: Leaving directory
`/nethome/xpeng/linux/tools/R-devel/src/library/tools/src'
Error in loadNamespace(name) : there is no package called 'tools'
In addition: Warning messages:
1: Line starting 'Package: tools ...' is malformed!
2: Line starting 'Version: 2.5.0 ...' is malformed!
3: Line starting 'Priority: base ...' is malformed!
4: Line starting 'Title: Tools for Pac ...' is malformed!
5: Line starting 'Author: Kurt Hornik  ...' is malformed!
6: Line starting 'Maintainer: R Core T ...' is malformed!
7: Line starting 'Description: Tools f ...' is malformed!
8: Line starting 'License: GPL Version ...' is malformed!
9: Line starting 'Built: R 2.5.0; x86_ ...' is malformed!
Execution halted
make[3]: *** [all] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory
`/nethome/xpeng/linux/tools/R-devel/src/library/tools'
make[2]: *** [R] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory
`/nethome/xpeng/linux/tools/R-devel/src/library'
make[1]: *** [R] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/nethome/xpeng/linux/tools/R-devel/src'
make: *** [R] Error 1

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I got the same error after I went into the directoy
'R-devel/src/library/tools' and run 'make' again. Any suggestions?

Thanks,
Xinxia