[R-sig-ME] Failure to load lme4 on Mac

[Daniel Myall]

Hi Simon,

The machine I'm primarily testing on has Mac OS X 10.6.4 with Xcode 
3.2.2 (using gcc-4.2.1). The log from R CMD check is included below. I 
don't have any Leopard installs around anymore, although I am setting up 
a virtual machine with Mac OS X 10.5.8 and Xcode 3.1.4 to hopefully 
reproduce the bug.

If there is a bug in Mac OS X 10.5.8 or Xcode 3.1.4 resulting in the two 
errors in the tests that have so far been seen,  I am curious as to why 
it is only being exhibited with lme4. Once the VM has installed I'll 
play around with compile-time optimisations of lme4 to see if they are 
exposing the bug.

* using log directory '/Users/daniel/working/R-packages/lme4.Rcheck'
* using R version 2.11.1 (2010-05-31)
* using session charset: UTF-8
* checking for file 'lme4/DESCRIPTION' ... OK
* this is package 'lme4' version '0.999375-34'
* checking package name space information ... OK
* checking package dependencies ... OK
* checking if this is a source package ... OK
* checking for executable files ... OK
* checking whether package 'lme4' can be installed ... OK
* checking package directory ... OK
* checking for portable file names ... OK
* checking for sufficient/correct file permissions ... OK
* checking DESCRIPTION meta-information ... OK
* checking top-level files ... OK
* checking index information ... OK
* checking package subdirectories ... OK
* checking R files for non-ASCII characters ... OK
* checking R files for syntax errors ... OK
* checking whether the package can be loaded ... OK
* checking whether the package can be loaded with stated dependencies ... OK
* checking whether the package can be unloaded cleanly ... OK
* checking whether the name space can be loaded with stated dependencies 
... OK
* checking whether the name space can be unloaded cleanly ... OK
* checking for unstated dependencies in R code ... OK
* checking S3 generic/method consistency ... OK
* checking replacement functions ... OK
* checking foreign function calls ... OK
* checking R code for possible problems ... OK
* checking Rd files ... OK
* checking Rd metadata ... OK
* checking Rd cross-references ... OK
* checking for missing documentation entries ... OK
* checking for code/documentation mismatches ... OK
* checking Rd \usage sections ... OK
* checking Rd contents ... OK
* checking data for non-ASCII characters ... OK
* checking line endings in C/C++/Fortran sources/headers ... OK
* checking line endings in Makefiles ... OK
* checking for portable compilation flags in Makevars ... OK
* checking for portable use of $BLAS_LIBS ... OK
* checking examples ... OK
* checking tests ... OK
* checking package vignettes in 'inst/doc' ... OK
* checking PDF version of manual ... OK




On 17/07/10 12:48 AM, Simon Urbanek wrote:
> The CRAN machine is Mac OS X 10.5.8 with Xcode 3.1.4 (using gcc-4.2) which is indeed the latest Xcode version for Leopard. If you have any hints as of why lme4 may be failing they are highly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Simon
>
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