[R-SIG-Mac] Can I safely edit the fortran compiler in Makeconf?

[Federico Calboli]

I have actually solved it by editing ~/.R/Makevars…

BW

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> On 8 May 2015, at 10:39, Federico Calboli <federico.calboli at helsinki.fi> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I am trying to build this package from source:
> 
> https://github.com/timothyfrasier/related
> 
> I cannot do it because I have gfortran-4.9 (from hombrew’s gcc49 --enable-fortran) and 
> 
> /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.2/Resources/etc/Makeconf
> 
> lists 
> 
> etc/Makeconf.  Generated from Makeconf.in by configure.
> #
> # ${R_HOME}/etc/Makeconf
> #
> # R was configured using the following call
> # (not including env. vars and site configuration)
> # configure  'CC=clang' 'CXX=clang++' 'OBJC=clang' 'F77=gfortran-4.8' 'FC=gfortran-4.8' 'CFLAGS=-Wall -mtune=core2 -g -O2' 'CXXFLAGS=-Wall -mtune=core2 -g -O2' 'OBJCFLAGS=-Wall -mtune=core2 -g -O2' 'FCFLAGS=-Wall -g -O2' 'F77FLAGS=-Wall -g -O2' '--with-system-zlib' '--enable-memory-profiling' 'CPPFLAGS=-I/usr/local/include -I/usr/local/include/freetype2 -I/opt/X11/include' '--x-libraries=/opt/X11/lib’
> …
> 
> I always create a symlink to the gfortran-4.9 binary so it reads ‘gfortran’, for ease of deployment.
> 
> Can I edit Makeconfig so that it reads:
> 
> etc/Makeconf.  Generated from Makeconf.in by configure.
> #
> # ${R_HOME}/etc/Makeconf
> #
> # R was configured using the following call
> # (not including env. vars and site configuration)
> # configure  'CC=clang' 'CXX=clang++' 'OBJC=clang' 'F77=gfortran' 'FC=gfortran’ <—*change to gfortran*
> 
> and be done with it?  will it break everything/anything/bite me in the ass at some point?
> 
> Best
> 
> F
> 
> 
> --
> Federico Calboli
> Ecological Genetics Research Unit
> Department of Biosciences
> PO Box 65 (Biocenter 3, Viikinkaari 1)
> FIN-00014 University of Helsinki
> Finland
> 
> federico.calboli at helsinki.fi
> 
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--
Federico Calboli
Ecological Genetics Research Unit
Department of Biosciences
PO Box 65 (Biocenter 3, Viikinkaari 1)
FIN-00014 University of Helsinki
Finland

federico.calboli at helsinki.fi