[R] Possible ld.exe problem when building

[Prof Brian Ripley]

It looks like your tools are not current.  mbrtowc is in mingw-runtime, 
and you need version >=3.11 (preferably 3.12).

The rest of the messages suggest that malloc.c did not get built 
correctly, and for that you need to look at what happened in a clean 
build.  (Just rm malloc.o and rebuilding might fix it.)


On Wed, 23 May 2007, Erin Hodgess wrote:

> Dear R People:
>
>
> I am trying to build R-2.5.0 from source on a Windows machinee.
>
> I downloaded the tools and such, and started things off.
>
> I received some odd errors messages, looked on the R Search
> and found a similar problem.  The suggestion was to re-load
> "ld.exe".
>
> I downloaded and installed everything again.  Same problem.
>
> I am including my output.
> c:\esr\R-2.5.0\src\gnuwin32>make all recommended
> make all recommended
> make[1]: `Rpwd.exe' is up to date.
> make[4]: Nothing to be done for `svnonly'.
> installing C headers
> make[2]: `all' is up to date.
> make[2]: `libRblas.dll.a' is up to date.
> make[5]: Nothing to be done for `svnonly'.
> installing C headers
> make --no-print-directory -C ../extra/intl OPTFLAGS='-O3 -Wall -pedantic -std=gnu99' -f Makefile.win
> make --no-print-directory -C ../appl OPTFLAGS='-O3 -Wall -pedantic -std=gnu99' FOPTFLAGS='-O3 -Wall' -f Makefile.win
> make --no-print-directory -C ../nmath OPTFLAGS='-O3 -Wall -pedantic -std=gnu99' -f Makefile.win
> make --no-print-directory -C ../main OPTFLAGS='-O3 -Wall -pedantic -std=gnu99' FFLAGS='-O3 -Wall' -f Makefile.win
> make --no-print-directory -C ./graphapp OPTFLAGS='-O3 -Wall -pedantic -std=gnu99'
> make --no-print-directory -C ./getline OPTFLAGS='-O3 -Wall -pedantic -std=gnu99'
> make[4]: `gl.a' is up to date.
> make -f Makefile.win chartables.h
> make[5]: `chartables.h' is up to date.
> make -f Makefile.win makeMakedeps
> make -f Makefile.win libpcre.a
> make[5]: `libpcre.a' is up to date.
> make[4]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
> make[4]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
> gcc  -shared -s -mwindows -o R.dll R.def console.o dataentry.o dynload.o edit.o editor.o embeddedR.o extra.o opt.o pager.o preferences.o psignal.o rhome.o rt_complete.o rui.o run.o shext.o sys-win32.o system.o dos_glob.o e_pow.o ../main/libmain.a ../appl/libappl.a ../nmath/libnmath.a graphapp/ga.a getline/gl.a ../extra/xdr/libxdr.a ../extra/zlib/libz.a ../extra/pcre/libpcre.a ../extra/bzip2/libbz2.a ../extra/intl/libintl.a ../extra/trio/libtrio.a dllversion.o -L. -lg2c -lRblas -lcomctl32 -lversion
> console.o:console.c:(.text+0x44): undefined reference to `mbrtowc'
> console.o:console.c:(.text+0x9d): undefined reference to `mbrtowc'
> console.o:console.c:(.text+0x14f): undefined reference to `mbrtowc'
> console.o:console.c:(.text+0x6b1): undefined reference to `mbrtowc'
> console.o:console.c:(.text+0xc7c): undefined reference to `mbrtowc'
> console.o:console.c:(.text+0xcff): more undefined references to `mbrtowc' follow
> extra.o:extra.c:(.text+0x2240): undefined reference to `mallinfo'
> extra.o:extra.c:(.text+0x226f): undefined reference to `mallinfo'
> ../main/libmain.a(memory.o):memory.c:(.text+0x260): undefined reference to `Rm_free'
> ../main/libmain.a(memory.o):memory.c:(.text+0xa80): undefined reference to `Rm_malloc'
> ../main/libmain.a(memory.o):memory.c:(.text+0xbde): undefined reference to `Rm_malloc'
> ../main/libmain.a(memory.o):memory.c:(.text+0xc3d): undefined reference to `Rm_malloc'
> ../main/libmain.a(memory.o):memory.c:(.text+0xf4d): undefined reference to `Rm_calloc'
> ../main/libmain.a(memory.o):memory.c:(.text+0xfae): undefined reference to `Rm_realloc'
> ../main/libmain.a(memory.o):memory.c:(.text+0xfc8): undefined reference to `Rm_malloc'
> ../main/libmain.a(memory.o):memory.c:(.text+0x2cbc): undefined reference to `Rm_free'
> ../main/libmain.a(memory.o):memory.c:(.text+0x35e0): undefined reference to `Rm_malloc'
> ../main/libmain.a(memory.o):memory.c:(.text+0x38ef): undefined reference to `Rm_malloc'
> ../main/libmain.a(memory.o):memory.c:(.text+0x3d3c): undefined reference to `Rm_malloc'
> ../main/libmain.a(memory.o):memory.c:(.text+0x403f): undefined reference to `Rm_malloc'
> ../main/libmain.a(memory.o):memory.c:(.text+0x462d): undefined reference to `Rm_malloc'
> ../main/libmain.a(memory.o):memory.c:(.text+0x4649): more undefined references to `Rm_malloc' follow
> ../main/libmain.a(memory.o):memory.c:(.text+0xffc): undefined reference to `Rm_free'
> ../main/libmain.a(printutils.o):printutils.c:(.text+0x6bd): undefined reference to `mbrtowc'
> ../main/libmain.a(printutils.o):printutils.c:(.text+0x9ce): undefined reference to `mbrtowc'
> ../main/libmain.a(engine.o):engine.c:(.text+0x7d6f): undefined reference to `mbrtowc'
> ../main/libmain.a(engine.o):engine.c:(.text+0x8016): undefined reference to `wcrtomb'
> ../main/libmain.a(plotmath.o):plotmath.c:(.text+0xfe7): undefined reference to `wcrtomb'
> ../main/libmain.a(plotmath.o):plotmath.c:(.text+0x1c11): undefined reference to `mbrtowc'
> ../main/libmain.a(plotmath.o):plotmath.c:(.text+0x24d0): undefined reference to `wcrtomb'
> ../main/libmain.a(arithmetic.o):arithmetic.c:(.text+0x2e7a): undefined reference to `expm1'
> ../main/libmain.a(gram.o):gram.c:(.text+0x7d): undefined reference to `mbrtowc'
> ../main/libmain.a(gram.o):gram.c:(.text+0x392): undefined reference to `mbrtowc'
> ../main/libmain.a(plot.o):plot.c:(.text+0x910): undefined reference to `mbrtowc'
> ../main/libmain.a(util.o):util.c:(.text+0x3806): undefined reference to `mbrtowc'
> ../main/libmain.a(util.o):util.c:(.text+0x387c): undefined reference to `mbrtowc'
> ../main/libmain.a(util.o):util.c:(.text+0x39df): more undefined references to `mbrtowc' follow
> ../main/libmain.a(regex.o):regex.c:(.text+0x25b): undefined reference to `wcrtomb'
> ../main/libmain.a(regex.o):regex.c:(.text+0x37a): undefined reference to `mbrtowc'
> ../main/libmain.a(regex.o):regex.c:(.text+0x3dd): undefined reference to `wcrtomb'
> ../main/libmain.a(regex.o):regex.c:(.text+0xd3c): undefined reference to `mbrtowc'
> ../main/libmain.a(regex.o):regex.c:(.text+0xe39): undefined reference to `mbrtowc'
> ../main/libmain.a(regex.o):regex.c:(.text+0x220d): undefined reference to `mbrtowc'
> ../main/libmain.a(regex.o):regex.c:(.text+0x22fd): undefined reference to `btowc'
> ../main/libmain.a(regex.o):regex.c:(.text+0x2388): undefined reference to `wcrtomb'
> ../main/libmain.a(regex.o):regex.c:(.text+0x23e1): undefined reference to `wcrtomb'
> ../main/libmain.a(regex.o):regex.c:(.text+0x247d): undefined reference to `wcrtomb'
> ../main/libmain.a(regex.o):regex.c:(.text+0x5a6b): undefined reference to `btowc'
> ../main/libmain.a(regex.o):regex.c:(.text+0x5a91): undefined reference to `btowc'
> ../main/libmain.a(regex.o):regex.c:(.text+0x95f4): undefined reference to `btowc'
> ../main/libmain.a(scan.o):scan.c:(.text+0xb5b): undefined reference to `btowc'
> ../main/libmain.a(scan.o):scan.c:(.text+0xd12): undefined reference to `btowc'
> ../main/libmain.a(scan.o):scan.c:(.text+0xe45): more undefined references to `btowc' follow
> ../main/libmain.a(character.o):character.c:(.text+0x1dcf): undefined reference to `mbrtowc'
> ../main/libmain.a(character.o):character.c:(.text+0x528e): undefined reference to `wctrans'
> ../main/libmain.a(character.o):character.c:(.text+0x533f): undefined reference to `towctrans'
> ../nmath/libnmath.a(signrank.o):signrank.c:(.text+0xa3a): undefined reference to `expm1'
> ../nmath/libnmath.a(wilcox.o):wilcox.c:(.text+0xc0d): undefined reference to `expm1'
> ../nmath/libnmath.a(pgamma.o):pgamma.c:(.text+0x909): undefined reference to `expm1'
> ../nmath/libnmath.a(pgamma.o):pgamma.c:(.text+0xdc6): undefined reference to `expm1'
> ../nmath/libnmath.a(pexp.o):pexp.c:(.text+0x99): undefined reference to `expm1'
> ../nmath/libnmath.a(pexp.o):pexp.c:(.text+0xe6): more undefined references to `expm1' follow
> getline/gl.a(getline.o):getline.c:(.text+0x13f5): undefined reference to `mbrtowc'
> getline/gl.a(getline.o):getline.c:(.text+0x1acb): undefined reference to `mbrlen'
> getline/gl.a(getline.o):getline.c:(.text+0x1b02): undefined reference to `mbrlen'
> getline/gl.a(getline.o):getline.c:(.text+0x2160): undefined reference to `mbrtowc'
> getline/gl.a(getline.o):getline.c:(.text+0x2700): undefined reference to `mbrtowc'
> getline/gl.a(getline.o):getline.c:(.text+0x27f7): undefined reference to `mbrtowc'
> getline/gl.a(getline.o):getline.c:(.text+0x2fe9): undefined reference to `mbrtowc'
> getline/gl.a(getline.o):getline.c:(.text+0x319d): undefined reference to `mbrtowc'
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> make[3]: *** [R.dll] Error 1
> make[2]: *** [../../bin/R.dll] Error 2
> make[1]: *** [rbuild] Error 2
> make: *** [all] Error 2
>
> c:\esr\R-2.5.0\src\gnuwin32>
>
>
> Any suggestions would be much appreciated.  Yes, I know that I
> should just use the binaries.  Other than that one, please.
>
> thanks,
> Sincerely,
> Erin Hodgess
> Associate Professor
> Department of Computer and Mathematical Sciences
> University of Houston - Downtown
> mailto: hodgess at gator.uhd.edu
>
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