On Thu, 13 Oct 2005, Dean, David P wrote: >> From: Prof Brian Ripley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 12:21 PM >> To: Dean, David P >> Cc: Uwe Ligges; r-devel@r-project.org; Paul Gilbert >> Subject: Re: [Rd] Installing R-2.2.0 package >> >> On Thu, 13 Oct 2005, Dean, David P wrote: >> >>>> From: Prof Brian Ripley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 11:42 AM >>>> To: Uwe Ligges >>>> Cc: Paul Gilbert; r-devel@r-project.org; Dean, David P >>>> Subject: Re: [Rd] Installing R-2.2.0 package >>>> >>>> It works on Solaris 8 for me, and this is checked as part of the >>>> alpha/beta process. >>>> >>>> The code is the same on Linux and Solaris, after all, so this would >> have >>>> to be a Solaris shell bug. >>> >>> I'm on Solaris 8 as well. R is compiled for 64-bits, but I wouldn't >> expect >>> that to be a factor. >> >> I tested this on a 64-bit setup, as it happens. >> >>> R was built and is run in an environment created with >>> OpenPKG and containing GNU equivalents to many utilities -- so it's not >> a >>> stock Solaris setup. >> >> I hope /bin/sh is Solaris and not bash. >> >>> I'm not familiar with R internals but will be happy to try to debug if I >>> can. Does the installer call out to the shell somehow? Where would I >> start >>> to look for the relevant code? >> >> INSTALL _is_ a shell script. >> >> Rather than mess about with past code, can you first please try the >> current R-patched (see the FAQ) as I will shortly not have R-2.2.0 on >> Solaris but rather R-patched (I already have R-devel in 4 flavours). >> >>> >>> Thanks! >>> David Dean > > OK, I'll try the current patched. I did locate the INSTALL script and added > a -x flag to see what is going on. (This is in the stock 2.2.0): > > + do_exit_on_error > remove_R_package_dir=yes > + test -z > /net/gsun374/app/openpkg/lib/R-2.2.0-64bit/lib/R/bin/INSTALL: test: argument > expected > > I think this line in do_exit_on_error causes an abend if bundlepkg isn't > set: > > If test -z ${bundlepkg}; do
It is in R-patched, and indeed it has quotes too. -- Brian D. Ripley, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/ University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) 1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA) Oxford OX1 3TG, UK Fax: +44 1865 272595 ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
