[R-SIG-Mac] non-intel compiling; clarification

[Prof Brian Ripley]

My belief is that if you

- build a single-architecture R from the sources
- use that to test your packages

it should work.  If that is not an option, you can try
R CMD INSTALL --no-multiarch
with the CRAN build of R (and if that works try
R CMD check --install-args=--no-multiarch
).

(As someone who has never had a PPC Mac this is extrapolation from 
what I do when I want to build/test one of i386/x86_64, possibly with 
R --arch=x86_64.)

On Wed, 10 Feb 2010, Robin Hankin wrote:

> [replying to self]
>
> Should have made it clear that I want to compile
> packages (which include C/C++) for testing before
> putting on CRAN, and I don't have an intel
> machine available.
>
> FAQ 5.3 seems to suggest I use XCode  >=2.4.0 (I have 3.0 installed).
> FAQ 5.4 doesn't apply because it  needs  an intel  computer.
>
> sorry for not being clear first time
>
> Robin
>
>
>
>
>
> Robin Hankin wrote:
>> Hi
>> 
>> I have a little powerPC G4 powerbook,  running macosx10.5.8.
>> 
>> I don't think XCode 3.2.1 will work for me.
>> 
>> What are my options?
>> 
>> thanks in advance
>> 
>> Robin
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>
>
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