[R-sig-Debian] rJava Broken on Linux + R 3.4

[Lorenzo Isella]

Hi Dirk,
It was unclear to me to which extent it is a
kernel/security patch vs (r)Java issue.

In any case, this is really problematic for me as it prevents me de
facto from running some key R packages for my daily work.
I'll post again if I see some solution (other than downgrading the
kernel) somewhere.
Meanwhile, any suggestions for a fix is welcome.
Cheers

Lorenzo


On Mon, Jun 26, 2017 at 06:19:11AM -0500, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote:
>
>On 26 June 2017 at 10:43, Lorenzo Isella wrote:
>| Dear All,
>| I think there is something wrong with rJava on any Debian based
>| distribution.
>
>It is a Java issue related to a security fix many (most? all?) distros
>applied.
>
>| I may be wrong, but I experiencing exactly the problems mentioned at
>|
>| https://github.com/amattioc/SDMX/issues/130
>|
>| and at
>|
>| https://github.com/s-u/rJava/issues/110
>|
>| A couple of packages (RJSDMX and xlsx) are now impossible to install
>| on my debian stretch platform running R 3.4.
>|
>| It seems I am not the only one experiencing this and it may be due to
>| some security patches just released.
>| However, if I run on my machine
>|
>| > library(rJava)
>| > .jinit()
>|
>| I get a segmentation fault, though I was able to install rJava, it
>| does not seem to work properly.
>| Does anyone have a fix for that?
>
>Reading the links you providing it also becomes clear that this is not an
>issue with rJava, or Debian -- it is Java, interacting with the kernel.
>
>For now, I would suggest following those discussions.
>
>Dirk
>
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