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

[Uwe Ligges]

On 19.08.2019 10:00, Göran Broström wrote:
> 
> 
> 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.

Whoops, I should have read all your message ...

Best,
Uwe


> 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
>>>>>>>>
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