[R-SIG-Mac] Problem R-4.0 beta and Rmpfr (pre-release)

[Berend Hasselman]

Simon,

The issue has gone away. Hurrah!

But what actually was the problem and how did you solve it?

regards and many thanks,

Berend


> On 16 Apr 2020, at 15:26, Simon Urbanek <simon.urbanek using r-project.org> wrote:
> 
> Thanks, please re-install Rmpfr and gmp from the Mac master mirror:
> 
> install.packages(c("gmp","Rmpfr"),repos="https://mac.R-project.org")
> 
> and let me know if the issue goes away.
> 
> Thanks,
> Simon
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> On 16/04/2020, at 7:21 PM, carsten.dormann using biom.uni-freiburg.de wrote:
>> 
>> Can confirm problem:
>> 
>>> dpois(mpfr(x, 120), 1000)
>> 
>> *** caught illegal operation ***
>> address 0x1116f7c42, cause 'illegal opcode'
>> 
>> Traceback:
>> 1: .class1(object)
>> 2: as(value, dataClass)
>> 3: setDataPart(x, .Call(Math_mpfr, x, .Math.codes[[.Generic]]))
>> 4: exp(-lambda)
>> 5: exp(-lambda)
>> 6: dpois(mpfr(x, 120), 1000)
>> 
>> Possible actions:
>> 1: abort (with core dump, if enabled)
>> 2: normal R exit
>> 3: exit R without saving workspace
>> 4: exit R saving workspace
>> Selection: 
>> 
>> 
>>> sessionInfo() # after restart
>> R version 4.0.0 alpha (2020-04-01 r78130)
>> Platform: x86_64-apple-darwin17.0 (64-bit)
>> Running under: macOS Mojave 10.14.6
>> 
>> Matrix products: default
>> BLAS:   /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/4.0/Resources/lib/libRblas.dylib
>> LAPACK: /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/4.0/Resources/lib/libRlapack.dylib
>> 
>> locale:
>> [1] en_GB.UTF-8/en_GB.UTF-8/en_GB.UTF-8/C/en_GB.UTF-8/en_GB.UTF-8
>> 
>> attached base packages:
>> [1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base     
>> 
>> loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
>> [1] compiler_4.0.0
>> 
>> 
>> Carsten
>> 
>> 
>>> On 16. Apr 2020, at 08:56, Berend Hasselman <bhh using xs4all.nl> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> If the pre-release binary of Rmpfr is intended for the R-4.0 beta then I am experiencing "illegal operations" with "illegal opcode" errors.
>>> 
>>> <sessionInfo>
>>> 
>>> R version 4.0.0 beta (2020-04-14 r78227)
>>> Platform: x86_64-apple-darwin17.0 (64-bit)
>>> Running under: macOS Catalina 10.15.4
>>> 
>>> Matrix products: default
>>> BLAS:   /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/4.0/Resources/lib/libRblas.dylib
>>> LAPACK: /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/4.0/Resources/lib/libRlapack.dylib
>>> 
>>> locale:
>>> [1] en_IE.UTF-8/en_IE.UTF-8/en_IE.UTF-8/C/en_IE.UTF-8/en_IE.UTF-8
>>> 
>>> attached base packages:
>>> [1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base     
>>> 
>>> loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
>>> [1] compiler_4.0.0
>>> 
>>> </sessionInfo>
>>> 
>>> A simple example session is
>>> 
>>> <(in+output)>
>>> 
>>>> library(gmp,lib.loc=".");library(Rmpfr,lib.loc=".")
>>> 
>>> Attaching package: 'gmp'
>>> 
>>> The following objects are masked from 'package:base':
>>> 
>>>  %*%, apply, crossprod, matrix, tcrossprod
>>> 
>>> C code of R package 'Rmpfr': GMP using 64 bits per limb
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Attaching package: 'Rmpfr'
>>> 
>>> The following object is masked from 'package:gmp':
>>> 
>>>  outer
>>> 
>>> The following objects are masked from 'package:stats':
>>> 
>>>  dbinom, dgamma, dnorm, dpois, pnorm
>>> 
>>> The following objects are masked from 'package:base':
>>> 
>>>  cbind, pmax, pmin, rbind
>>> 
>>>> x <- 1400+ 0:10
>>>> print(dpois(x, 1000), digits =18) ## standard R's double precision
>>> [1] 1.46677334419659338e-33 1.04694742626454156e-33 7.46752800474106016e-34
>>> [4] 5.32254312525935864e-34 3.79098513195210765e-34 2.69821005832831136e-34
>>> [7] 1.91906832029070091e-34 1.36394336907638670e-34 9.68709779173582432e-35
>>> [10] 6.87515812046484244e-35 4.87599866699657026e-35
>>>> dpois(mpfr(x, 120), 1000)## more accuracy for the same
>>> 
>>> *** caught illegal operation ***
>>> address 0x10a6e1c42, cause 'illegal opcode'
>>> 
>>> Traceback:
>>> 1: .class1(object)
>>> 2: as(value, dataClass)
>>> 3: setDataPart(x, .Call(Math_mpfr, x, .Math.codes[[.Generic]]))
>>> 4: exp(-lambda)
>>> 5: exp(-lambda)
>>> 6: dpois(mpfr(x, 120), 1000)
>>> 
>>> Possible actions:
>>> 1: abort (with core dump, if enabled)
>>> 2: normal R exit
>>> 3: exit R without saving workspace
>>> 4: exit R saving workspace
>>> 
>>> </(in+output)
>>> 
>>> Other trials seem to experience similar issues.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> regards
>>> 
>>> Berend
>>> 
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