[R-SIG-Mac]Fwd: R binary problem

[Jan de Leeuw]

> I cannot try this out here, but I am relatively sure that someone,  
> somewhere uses a G4 specific instruction (maybe Altivec). You can  
> check your Console application to see what goes wrong, and then from  
> the Console application you can open R.bin.crash.log

Check if R-1.6.2 runs on a G3. But even that is compiled with an  
Altivec and dual processor sensitive ATLAS.

--- Jan

Begin forwarded message:

> On Sunday, Mar 30, 2003, at 12:06 US/Pacific, Peter Muhlberger wrote:
>
>> Hello:  First, let me thank you for making an R binary available for  
>> the
>> community.  Your web page indicates that if we encounter problems, we  
>> should
>> let you know.
>>
>> I'm running your binary (R 1.7.0 Under development (unstable)  
>> (2003-02-26).;
>> according to --version) under Apple's recent X11 release on a G3  
>> Powerbook
>> (Pismo).  I'm also running the same configuration on a G4 dual  
>> processor.
>> The latter installation has no problems, the former installation is  
>> unable
>> to do simple linear regression.  When I try to run one, R quits:
>>
>>> fm <- lm(y ~ x)
>> Illegal instruction
>> [localhost:/usr/local/R] peterm% /usr/local/bin/R
>>
>> y and x exist.  I get the same problem running it in a data frame.
>>
>> I'm guessing there is some fundamental problem running your R on G3s.
>> Should I try a Fink install?  (I probably don't have the developer  
>> tools
>> installed.)
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Peter
>>
>>
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Jan de Leeuw; Professor and Chair, UCLA Department of Statistics;
Editor: Journal of Multivariate Analysis, Journal of Statistical  
Software
US mail: 9432 Boelter Hall, Box 951554, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1554
phone (310)-825-9550;  fax (310)-206-5658;  email: deleeuw at stat.ucla.edu
homepage: http://gifi.stat.ucla.edu
   
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