[R-sig-Debian] [Rd] Multiple sub-architecture: linking issue

[Renaud Gaujoux]

On 12/06/2012 15:35, Simon Urbanek wrote:
> On Jun 12, 2012, at 7:01 AM, Renaud Gaujoux wrote:
> Any package that has configure on Makefile has to be installed in multiple steps - one for each architecture, e.g.:
>
> R --arch i386 CMD INSTALL foo_1.2-3.tar.gz
> R --arch amd64 CMD INSTALL --libs-only foo_1.2-3.tar.gz
>
> see R-admin 2.6 Sub-architectures
> http://r.research.att.com/man/R-admin.html#Sub_002darchitectures
>
> Cheers,
> Simon

Worked perfectly, thank you!

I am sure this is a stupid question, but why aren't these packages 
installed like this by default?

Renaud