[R-sig-Geo] Error loading rgdal package on Fedora 7

[Carsten Jaeger]

> Yes, it looks as though the gdal rpm with its own lapack dependency may be 
> conflicting with R's own? I cannot see a direct gdal -> lapack dependency 
> on the GDAL site, maybe a build of a GRASS rpm with an unnecessary 
> dependency on lapack (it is not used), and gdal depending on that?

Your assumption is correct, gdal.so.1 is also linked against various
grass libraries. I'll try to build a local gdal and use that for
building the rgdal package.

Thank again,

Carsten