[R] Trouble compiling R-2.10.0

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On Fri, 7 Jan 2011, zacz wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am having trouble compiling R-2.10.0 on the Solaris x86_64 platform using
> the native solaris-studio cc/F99 compilers.

Which versions of those compilers?

We don't support R-2.10.0 any more: please use a current R (2.12.1 or 
2.12.1 patched) as we asked in the posting guide.  For Solaris Studio 
12.2, you need a current version to be able to set FCLIBS.

As far as I can see you have failed to set your compilers up in C99 
mode: you should be using the flag -xc99 as described in the R-admin 
manual.  E.g.:

   By default the Solaris Studio compilers do not conform to the C99
   standard (appendix F 8.9) on the return values of functions such as
   @code{log}: use @option{-xlibmieee} to ensure this.  Also, errors
   have been reported on @cputype{amd64} if @option{-xc99} is omitted.

What you call 'x86_64' is what Sun/Oracle call 'amd64'.

> I am pretty sure that I have all my environment set up for a 64-bit compile.
> However, when doing a make I get the following error:
>
> /opt/solstudio12.2/bin/cc -m64 -I./api -I. -I../../../src/include
> -I../../../src/include -I/usr/local/include -DHAVE_CONFIG_H  -KPIC  -xO3 -c
> alone_decoder.c -o alone_decoder.o
> "sysdefs.h", line 126: invalid type combination
> "sysdefs.h", line 126: warning: useless declaration
> "sysdefs.h", line 126: warning: typedef declares no type name
> cc: acomp failed for alone_decoder.c
> *** Error code 2
> make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `alone_decoder.o'
> Current working directory /gtools/src/R-2.10.0/src/extra/xz
> *** Error code 1
> The following command caused the error:
> make liblzma.a
> make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `R'
> Current working directory /gtools/src/R-2.10.0/src/extra/xz
> *** Error code 1
> The following command caused the error:
> (cd xz; make)
> make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `make.xz'
> Current working directory /gtools/src/R-2.10.0/src/extra
> *** Error code 1
> The following command caused the error:
> for d in scripts include extra appl nmath unix main modules library; do \
>  (cd ${d} && make R) || exit 1; \
> done
> make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `R'
> Current working directory /gtools/src/R-2.10.0/src
> *** Error code 1
> The following command caused the error:
> for d in m4 tools doc etc share src tests  po; do \
>  (cd ${d} && make R) || exit 1; \
> done
> make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `R'
>
> I am perplexed as what could be wrong? Any help would be much appreciated.
>
>
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