[R] Problem compiling R - "use of NULL environment is defunct"

[Uwe Ligges]

Have you set a library path pointing to old packages of a former R version?
BTW: Additionally, you can try out R-2.6.0 release candidate these days 
and help during evaluation!

Uwe Ligges


Saptarshi Guha wrote:
> Hello,
> I downloaded R-2.5.1 and configured it on a AMD x86-74 running  
> Redhat. During compilation i get this error
> 
> configure --prefix=$HOME/mine
> make
> 
> mkdir -p -- ../../../../library/methods/libs
> make[5]: Leaving directory `/home/sguha/tmp/R-2.5.1/src/library/ 
> methods/src'
> make[4]: Leaving directory `/home/sguha/tmp/R-2.5.1/src/library/ 
> methods/src'
> make[4]: Entering directory `/home/sguha/tmp/R-2.5.1/src/library/ 
> methods'
> dumping R code in package 'methods'
> Error in `parent.env<-`(`*tmp*`, value = NULL) :
>          use of NULL environment is defunct
> Execution halted
> make[4]: *** [../../../library/methods/R/methods.rdb] Error 1
> make[4]: Leaving directory `/home/sguha/tmp/R-2.5.1/src/library/methods'
> make[3]: *** [all] Error 2
> make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/sguha/tmp/R-2.5.1/src/library/methods'
> make[2]: *** [R] Error 1
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/sguha/tmp/R-2.5.1/src/library'
> make[1]: *** [R] Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/sguha/tmp/R-2.5.1/src'
> make: *** [R] Error 1
> 
> 
> Could someone point out what I'm supposed to fix?
> Thank you for your time
> Saptarshi
> 
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