[R] Build Error on Opensolaris iconvlist

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On Sun, 25 Jan 2009, Karun Gahlawat wrote:

> Prof Ripely,
> Thanks. SUN gnu-iconv package should overwrite the sun version and so
> it does. Apparently, it does not work.

As I said, you also need to pick up the correct header.

> I built this library from gnu source with gcc and now it configures 
> and builds but fails on make check for regressions.
>
> This topic is touched in the manual with some 'blas' and 'lapack'
> libraries. Not sure if these are related though. I am not sure either
> where and what to get for this. Apologize as this is all new to me.

You need to look at the end of tests/reg-tests-1.R to see the error.

BTW< according to the posting guide this topic was for the R-devel 
list.

>
> Here is the extract from make check logs..
>
> running code in 'reg-tests-1.R' ...*** Error code 1
> The following command caused the error:
> LC_ALL=C SRCDIR=. R_DEFAULT_PACKAGES= ../bin/R --vanilla <
> reg-tests-1.R > reg-tests-1.Rout 2>&1 || (mv reg-tests-1.Rout
> reg-tests-1.Rout.fail && exit 1)
> make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `reg-tests-1.Rout'
> Current working directory /opt/R-2.8.1/tests
> *** Error code 1
> The following command caused the error:
> make reg-tests-1.Rout reg-tests-2.Rout reg-IO.Rout reg-IO2.Rout
> reg-plot.Rout reg-S4.Rout  RVAL_IF_DIFF=1
> make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `test-Reg'
> Current working directory /opt/R-2.8.1/tests
> *** Error code 1
> The following command caused the error:
> for name in Examples Specific Reg Internet; do \
>  make test-${name} || exit 1; \
> done
> make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `test-all-basics'
> Current working directory /opt/R-2.8.1/tests
> *** Error code 1
> The following command caused the error:
> (cd tests && make check)
> make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `check'
>
>
> On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 2:05 PM, Prof Brian Ripley
> <ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk> wrote:
>> On Sun, 25 Jan 2009, Karun Gahlawat wrote:
>>
>>> Uwe,
>>> Sorry I missed it. I do have gnu iconv..
>>> SUNWgnu-libiconv
>>>
>>> ls -lra /usr/lib/*iconv* | more
>>> lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root          14 Jan 23 21:23 /usr/lib/libiconv.so
>>> -> li
>>> bgnuiconv.so
>>> lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root          22 Jan 23 21:23
>>> /usr/lib/libgnuiconv.so ->
>>> ../gnu/lib/libiconv.so
>>>
>>> And hence the confusion..
>>
>> Did you tell R to use that one?  You need the correct header files set as
>> well as the library, or you will get the system iconv.  (The header file
>> remaps the entry point names.)
>>
>> Perhaps you need to study the R-admin manual carefully, which describes how
>> to get the correct iconv.
>>
>>
>>> On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 1:00 PM, Uwe Ligges
>>> <ligges at statistik.tu-dortmund.de> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Karun Gahlawat wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi!
>>>>>
>>>>> Trying to build R-2.8.1. while configuring, it throws error
>>>>>
>>>>> ./configure
>>>>>
>>>>> checking iconv.h usability... yes
>>>>> checking iconv.h presence... yes
>>>>> checking for iconv.h... yes
>>>>> checking for iconv... yes
>>>>> checking whether iconv accepts "UTF-8", "latin1" and "UCS-*"... no
>>>>> checking for iconvlist... no
>>>>> configure: error: --with-iconv=yes (default) and a suitable iconv is
>>>>> not available
>>>>>
>>>>> I am confused.. sorry new to this..
>>>>> I can see the iconv binary, headers and libs all in the standard
>>>>> directory. Please help or redirect!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Please read the documentation, the R Installation and Administration
>>>> manuals
>>>> tells you:
>>>>
>>>> "You will need GNU libiconv: the Solaris version of iconv is not
>>>> sufficiently powerful. "
>>>>
>>>> Uwe Ligges
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> SunOS  5.11 snv_101b i86pc i386 i86pc
>>>>>
>>>>> CC: Sun Ceres C++ 5.10 SunOS_i386 2008/10/22
>>
>> --
>> Brian D. Ripley,                  ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk
>> Professor of Applied Statistics,  http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/
>> University of Oxford,             Tel:  +44 1865 272861 (self)
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>>
>

-- 
Brian D. Ripley,                  ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk
Professor of Applied Statistics,  http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/
University of Oxford,             Tel:  +44 1865 272861 (self)
1 South Parks Road,                     +44 1865 272866 (PA)
Oxford OX1 3TG, UK                Fax:  +44 1865 272595