[R] segfault with readDCF on R 3.1.2 on AIX 6.1 when using install.packages
Vinh Nguyen
vinhdizzo at gmail.com
Tue Nov 11 17:10:49 CET 2014
Dear list,
I was able to successfully compile R on our AIX box at work using the
GNU compilers following the instructions on the R Administration
guide. The output can be seen at here
(https://gist.github.com/nguyenvinh/504321ea9c89d8919bef) and yields
no errors .
However, I get a segfault whenever I try to use the install.packages
function to install packages. Using debug, I was able to trace it to
the readDCF function:
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debug: if (!all) return(.Internal(readDCF(file, fields, keep.white)))
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debug: return(.Internal(readDCF(file, fields, keep.white)))
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*** caught segfault ***
address 4, cause 'invalid permissions'
Possible actions:
1: abort (with core dump, if enabled)
2: normal R exit
3: exit R without saving workspace
4: exit R saving workspace
Selection:
Was curious if anyone has a clue on why such error exists or what I
could do to fix it? I'm able to install packages via R CMD INSTALL,
but I would hate to have to manually determine dependencies, download
the source for each package, and install them "by hand" via R CMD
INSTALL. Would be great to get this resolved. Thank you for your
help.
-- Vinh
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