[R-SIG-Mac] Building R-devel from source

[Göran Broström]

Den 2019-08-19 kl. 09:52, skrev Uwe Ligges:
> 
> 
> On 19.08.2019 00:06, Göran Broström wrote:
>> Den 2019-08-18 kl. 22:16, skrev peter dalgaard:
>>> /usr/local/clang7 is likely a better place to look. Check out 
>>> Appendix C.3 of the R Inst.&Adm. manual:
>>>
>>> https://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/r-release/R-admin.html#macOS
>>
>> That's better! After correcting some obvious(?) errors(?) in that 
>> page, ./configure run without errors! (Had only read 
>> mac.r-procject.org/tools/ so far).
> 
> Can you report these "obvious(?) errors(?)" so they can be fixed?

As I promised, a report will come. Probably later today.

Best, Göran

> 
> Best,
> Uwe
> 
> 
>> After a night's sleep I will 'make'. I'll report back to r-sig-mac.
>>
>> Thanks, Göran
>>
>>>
>>> -pd
>>>
>>>> On 18 Aug 2019, at 21:35 , Göran Broström <goran.brostrom using umu.se> 
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Update: There is a libgcc_s.1.dylib in /usr/lib, as a symlink to 
>>>> /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib. Is that one useful?
>>>>
>>>> Göran
>>>>
>>>> Den 2019-08-18 kl. 18:54, skrev Göran Broström:
>>>>> Thanks Peter,
>>>>> The tripping lines are here
>>>>> configure:24611: checking size of size_t
>>>>> configure:24616: gcc -o conftest -g -O2 -I/usr/local/include 
>>>>> -L/usr/local/lib conftest.c -ldl -lm  >\
>>>>> &5
>>>>> configure:24616: $? = 0
>>>>> configure:24616: ./conftest
>>>>> dyld: Library not loaded: /usr/local/lib/libgcc_s.1.dylib
>>>>>    Referenced from: /Users/gb/R/src/R-devel/./conftest
>>>>>    Reason: image not found
>>>>> so it seems as if my installation of tools is lacking an essential 
>>>>> part (/usr/local/lib/libgcc_s.1.dylib). I'll look around, but any 
>>>>> suggestion is welcome!
>>>>> Göran
>>>>> Den 2019-08-18 kl. 17:56, skrev peter dalgaard:
>>>>>> I can't claim to understand this, but on my system of same age, 
>>>>>> using system clang, configure does complete. It does get that 
>>>>>> error on line 23748, but that, and several similar subsequent 
>>>>>> tests just end up returning "yes".
>>>>>>
>>>>>> configure:23748: checking for size_t
>>>>>> configure:23748: gcc -arch x86_64 -c -g -O2 -I/usr/local/include 
>>>>>> conftest.c >&5
>>>>>> configure:23748: $? = 0
>>>>>> configure:23748: gcc -arch x86_64 -c -g -O2 -I/usr/local/include 
>>>>>> conftest.c >&5
>>>>>> conftest.c:118:21: error: expected expression
>>>>>> if (sizeof ((size_t)))
>>>>>>                       ^
>>>>>> 1 error generated.
>>>>>> [..snip..]
>>>>>> configure:23748: result: yes
>>>>>>
>>>>>> (as usual, configure code is nigh on unreadable, but I think the 
>>>>>> logic is that the size_t type exists if you can do "sizeof 
>>>>>> (size_t)", but not "sizeof ((size_t))", so the error is expected.)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The line that trips you up comes later:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> configure:24611: checking size of size_t
>>>>>> configure:24616: gcc -arch x86_64 -o conftest -g -O2 
>>>>>> -I/usr/local/include -L/usr/
>>>>>> local/lib conftest.c -ldl -lm  >&5
>>>>>> configure:24616: $? = 0
>>>>>> configure:24616: ./conftest
>>>>>> configure:24616: $? = 0
>>>>>> configure:24630: result: 8
>>>>>>
>>>>>> so that is where you should look for clues (or at least tell us 
>>>>>> what it says there).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -pd
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 18 Aug 2019, at 13:34 , Göran Broström <goran.brostrom using umu.se> 
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'm (for the first time) trying to build R-devel from source (to 
>>>>>>> be able to check my CRAN packages on a Mac), but it breaks 
>>>>>>> already after
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> gobr0002 using MBP-2:~/R/src/R-devel$ ./configure
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> with
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> checking size of size_t... configure: error: in 
>>>>>>> `/Users/gb/R/src/R-devel':
>>>>>>> configure: error: cannot compute sizeof (size_t)
>>>>>>> See `config.log' for more details
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Some 'details' regarding size_t:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> configure:23748: checking for size_t
>>>>>>> configure:23748: gcc -c -g -O2 -I/usr/local/include conftest.c >&5
>>>>>>> configure:23748: $? = 0
>>>>>>> configure:23748: gcc -c -g -O2 -I/usr/local/include conftest.c >&5
>>>>>>> conftest.c: In function 'main':
>>>>>>> conftest.c:116:21: error: expected expression before ')' token
>>>>>>> if (sizeof ((size_t)))
>>>>>>>                       ^
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> My MacBook Pro is old (2010), so I am stuck with MacOS 10.13.6, 
>>>>>>> XCode 10.1. I'm using clang 7.0.0 and fortran 6.1.0.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Do I need to buy a new Mac?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks, Göran
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>>>> R-SIG-Mac mailing list
>>>>>>> R-SIG-Mac using r-project.org
>>>>>>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac
>>>>>>
>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>> R-SIG-Mac mailing list
>>>>> R-SIG-Mac using r-project.org
>>>>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac
>>>>
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> R-SIG-Mac mailing list
>>>> R-SIG-Mac using r-project.org
>>>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac
>>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> R-SIG-Mac mailing list
>> R-SIG-Mac using r-project.org
>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac