[R-SIG-Mac] 2.3.0 make install fails with error

[Michael Toews]

Yup, exact same problem for me .. my config looked like:

R is now configured for powerpc-apple-darwin8.6.0

   Source directory:          .
   Installation directory:    /Library/Frameworks

   C compiler:                gcc  -g -O2 -std=gnu99
   Fortran 77 compiler:       gfortran  -g -O2

   C++ compiler:              g++  -g -O2
   Fortran 90/95 compiler:    f95

   Interfaces supported:      X11, aqua, tcltk
   External libraries:        readline, BLAS(generic), LAPACK(in blas)
   Additional capabilities:   JPEG, iconv, MBCS, NLS
   Options enabled:           framework, R profiling

   Recommended packages:      yes


And my system is an iBook G3 with OS 10.4.6.  I've compiled R several  
times without any problems until this version, so I'm not sure  
exactly what the issue is. Perhaps the problem is somewhere in:
./doc/Makefile.in:HELP2MAN = $(PERL) $(top_srcdir)/tools/help2man.pl

+mt


On 29-Apr-06, at 13:56 , Kieran Healy wrote:

> Hi -
>
> I compile R from sources because I want to use quartz graphics widows
> via Emacs/ESS. I compiled & installed 2.3.0 without any trouble on my
> G5 (10.4.6). When I tried the process on my PB G4 laptop (also
> 10.4.6), R compiled as usual but on doing "sudo make install" I got
> the following error:
>
>> installing doc ...
>> help2man: can't get `--version' info from ../bin/R
>> make[1]: *** [R.1] Error 22
>> make: *** [install] Error 1
>
> I guess something is up with my configuration, but I don't know what.
> I have the latest version of xcode tools installed, and the
> configuration for compilation is as follows:
>
>> R is now configured for powerpc-apple-darwin8.6.0
>>
>>   Source directory:          .
>>   Installation directory:    /Library/Frameworks
>>
>>   C compiler:                gcc  -g -O2 -std=gnu99
>>   Fortran 77 compiler:       gfortran  -g -O2
>>
>>   C++ compiler:              g++  -g -O2
>>   Fortran 90/95 compiler:    gfortran -g -O2
>>
>>   Interfaces supported:      X11, aqua, tcltk
>>   External libraries:        readline, BLAS(generic), LAPACK(in blas)
>>   Additional capabilities:   iconv, MBCS, NLS
>>   Options enabled:           framework, R profiling
>>
>>   Recommended packages:      yes
>
> Any hints on what might have gone wrong in my setup are much
> appreciated.
>
> Best,
>
> Kieran
>
>
> --
> Kieran Healy :: http://www.u.arizona.edu/~kjhealy
> Assistant Professor, Sociology Dept, University of Arizona.
>
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