Prof Brian Ripley wrote: > On Fri, 29 Sep 2006, Uwe Ligges wrote: > >> >> >> James MacDonald wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I am unable to build a package I maintain using a relatively >>> current build of R-2.4.0 alpha, whereas the package builds just >>> fine on R-2.3.1. Both versions of R were built from source. I'm >>> hoping a guRu might be able to give some help. >> >> >> The entry points are no longer exported, you probably have to >> specify the zlib header files (which reside in R/src/extra/zlib). > > > I think Uwe meant to say '-L$(RHOME)/src/extra/zlib -lz' is needed in > PKG_LIBS.
Thank you for the hint. This does allow the package to build. > > Note that this package would not build in an installed version of R, > so it did not 'builds just fine on R-2.3.1' as claimed. I made no claim for this package building on an installed version; if you read the sentence right after the one you quote, you will notice that I state both versions of R were compiled from source. > > However, this is all against the advice of 'Writing R Extensions', > and the change is documented in the CHANGES file. What you should > really do is to supply your own zlib compiled to your own > requirements. If you make use of private entry points, expect > self-imposed trouble! Thanks for the advice. When I get the chance I will look into supplying such an animal with the package. Best, Jim > >> >> Uwe Ligges >> >> >>> Some snippets from the build process: >>> >>> R-2.3.1 >>> >>> making DLL ... gcc -Ic:/R-2.3.1/src/extra/zlib -DHAVE_ZLIB >>> -Ic:/R-2.3.1/include -Wall -O2 -c read_cdffile.c -o >>> read_cdffile.o read_cdffile.c: In function `readQC': >>> read_cdffile.c:565: warning: unused variable `param_unit' windres >>> --include-dir c:/R-2.3.1/include -i makecdfenv_res.rc -o >>> makecdfenv_res.o gcc -shared -s -o makecdfenv.dll >>> makecdfenv.def read_cdffile.o makecdfenv_res.o -Lc:/R-2.3.1/bin >>> -lR ... DLL made >>> >>> R-2.4.0 beta >>> >>> making DLL ... gcc -Ic:/rw2040dev/src/extra/zlib -DHAVE_ZLIB >>> -Ic:/rw2040dev/include -Wall -O2 -std=gnu99 -c read_cdffile.c >>> -o read_cdffile.o read_cdffile.c: In function `readQC': >>> read_cdffile.c:565: warning: unused variable `param_unit' windres >>> --include-dir c:/rw2040dev/include -i makecdfenv_res.rc -o >>> makecdfenv_res.o gcc -shared -s -o makecdfenv.dll >>> makecdfenv.def read_cdffile.o makecdfenv_res.o >>> -Lc:/rw2040dev/bin -lR >>> read_cdffile.o:read_cdffile.c:(.text+0x42): undefined reference >>> to `gzgets' read_cdffile.o:read_cdffile.c:(.text+0xf3): undefined >>> reference to `gzopen' >>> read_cdffile.o:read_cdffile.c:(.text+0x10f): undefined reference >>> to `gzgets' read_cdffile.o:read_cdffile.c:(.text+0x140): >>> undefined reference to `gzrewind' >>> read_cdffile.o:read_cdffile.c:(.text+0x177): undefined reference >>> to `gzclose' collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make[3]: *** >>> [makecdfenv.dll] Error 1 make[2]: *** [srcDynlib] Error 2 >>> make[1]: *** [all] Error 2 make: *** [pkg-makecdfenv] Error 2 >>> >>>> version >>> >>> _ platform i386-pc-mingw32 arch i386 os >>> mingw32 system i386, mingw32 status alpha major >>> 2 minor 4.0 year 2006 month 09 day >>> 10 svn rev 39242 language R version.string R version >>> 2.4.0 alpha (2006-09-10 r39242) >>> >>> TIA, >>> >>> Jim >>> >>> James W. MacDonald, M.S. Biostatistician Affymetrix and cDNA >>> Microarray Core University of Michigan Cancer Center 1500 E. >>> Medical Center Drive 7410 CCGC Ann Arbor MI 48109 734-647-5623 >>> >>> >>> ********************************************************** >>> Electronic Mail is not secure, may not be read every day, and >>> should not be used for urgent or sensitive issues. >>> >>> ______________________________________________ >>> R-devel@r-project.org mailing list >>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel >> >> >> ______________________________________________ >> R-devel@r-project.org mailing list >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel >> > -- James W. MacDonald, M.S. Biostatistician Affymetrix and cDNA Microarray Core University of Michigan Cancer Center 1500 E. Medical Center Drive 7410 CCGC Ann Arbor MI 48109 734-647-5623 ********************************************************** Electronic Mail is not secure, may not be read every day, and should not be used for urgent or sensitive issues. ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
