[R] File 1 is not in sorted order Error

[Duncan Murdoch]

On 02/04/2016 10:40 PM, Michael Morrison wrote:
> Hi, I'm trying to build R on windows and i'm getting the following error
> when i run the "make all recommended" command:
>
> C:/Rtools/mingw_64/bin/windres -F pe-x86-64   -i dllversion.rc -o
> dllversion.o
> comm: file 1 is not in sorted order
> make[4]: *** [Rgraphapp.def] Error 1
> make[3]: *** [rlibs] Error 1
> make[2]: *** [../../bin/x64/R.dll] Error 2
> make[1]: *** [rbuild] Error 2
> make: *** [all] Error 2
>
>
> Can someone please help me figure out this error. I've tried researching on
> my own but i'm out of options. Thanks in advance.
>

Set the environment variable LC_COLLATE equal to C.  Some parts of the R 
build system do this, and some parts use your locale's collation 
sequence.  You need to make sure they're all consistent.

Duncan Murdoch