[R] XML_1.98-0 fails to build on Debian Lenny with gcc 4.3.2 and R-beta 2.8.0

[Dirk Eddelbuettel]

On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 02:34:57PM -0400, Mark Kimpel wrote:
> Subject pretty much says it all. Wonder if there is there is some code in
> XML that the new gcc doesn't like? See output below:

You are wondering wronly.

> * Installing *source* package 'XML' ...
> checking for gcc... gcc
> checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
> checking whether the C compiler works... yes
> checking whether we are cross compiling... no
> checking for suffix of executables...
> checking for suffix of object files... o
> checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
> checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
> checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed
> checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
> checking for sed... /bin/sed
> checking for xml2-config... no
> Cannot find xml2-config
> ERROR: configuration failed for package 'XML'
> ** Removing '/home/mkimpel/R_HOME/site-library-2.8.0/XML'

You seem to be 

a) missing the libxml2-dev package for Debian:
		
		sudo apt-get install libxml2-dev

b) once again ignoring the fact that XML is available for you as a
   binary Debian package via 

		sudo apt-get install r-cran-xml'
   
c) also ignoring the fact that, should you still insist on building it
   yourself, that 
   
   		sudo apt-get build-dep r-cran-xml
		
   would do step a) for you
   
d) forgetting that we repeatedly recommended r-sig-debian as a more
   suitable mailing list to you.   
   
Stunned,  Dirk   
   
   

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