[R] R 2.9.0 on AIX 5.3: Error: Invalid DESCRIPTION file

[Dr. Loris Bennett]

loris.bennett at fu-berlin.de (Loris Bennett) writes:

> Hi,
>
> I am trying to install R 2.9.0 on AIX 5.3. During the 'make' run I get
> the following error:
>
>    Error: Invalid DESCRIPTION file
>
>    Invalid Priority field.
>    Packages with priorities 'base' or 'recommended' or 'defunct-base' must
>    already be known to R.
>
>    See the information on DESCRIPTION files in section 'Creating R
>    packages' of the 'Writing R Extensions' manual.
>    Execution halted
>
> Any ideas? Full output below.
>
> Thanks
>
> Loris
>
> Here is the full output of 'make':
>
>    Target "R" is up to date.
>    Target "R" is up to date.
>    Target "R" is up to date.
>    Target "R" is up to date.
>    Target "Makedeps" is up to date.
>    Target "libbz2.a" is up to date.
>    Target "all" is up to date.
>    Target "Makedeps" is up to date.
>    Target "libpcre.a" is up to date.
>    Target "all" is up to date.
>    Target "Makedeps" is up to date.
>    Target "libz.a" is up to date.
>    Target "all" is up to date.
>    Target "R" is up to date.
>    Target "Makedeps" is up to date.
>    Target "libappl.a" is up to date.
>    Target "Makedeps" is up to date.
>    Target "libnmath.a" is up to date.
>    Target "Makedeps" is up to date.
>    Target "libunix.a" is up to date.
>            xlc_r -q64 -I. -I../../src/include -I../../src/include
>            -I/usr/lpp/X11/include/X11 -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -O -qstrict
>            -DR_HOME='"/opt/sw/install/R-2.9.0"' -o Rscript ./Rscript.c
>    Target "Makedeps" is up to date.
>    /opt/sw/install/R-2.9.0/bin/exec/R is unchanged
>    Target "Makedeps" is up to date.
>    Target "internet.so" is up to date.
>    Target "all" is up to date.
>    Target "Makedeps" is up to date.
>    Target "libRlapack.so" is up to date.
>    /opt/sw/install/R-2.9.0/lib/libRlapack.so is unchanged
>    Target "lapack.so" is up to date.
>    Target "all" is up to date.
>    Target "Makedeps" is up to date.
>    Target "vfonts.so" is up to date.
>    Target "all" is up to date.
>    Target "Makedeps" is up to date.
>    Target "R_X11.so" is up to date.
>    building system startup profile
>    building package 'base'
>    all.R is unchanged
>    building package 'tools'
>    all.R is unchanged
>    Target "Makedeps" is up to date.
>    ../../../../library/tools/libs/tools.so is unchanged
>    Error: Invalid DESCRIPTION file
>
>    Invalid Priority field.
>    Packages with priorities 'base' or 'recommended' or 'defunct-base' must
>    already be known to R.
>
>    See the information on DESCRIPTION files in section 'Creating R
>    packages' of the 'Writing R Extensions' manual.
>    Execution halted
>    make: 1254-004 The error code from the last command is 1.
>
>
>    Stop.
>    make: 1254-004 The error code from the last command is 1.
>
>
>    Stop.
>    make: 1254-004 The error code from the last command is 1.
>
>
>    Stop.
>    make: 1254-004 The error code from the last command is 1.
>
>
>    Stop.

I'm still stuck with this problem. Does anyone know how the
description files could cause a problem?

Cheers

Loris

-- 
Dr. Loris Bennett
Computer Centre
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany