What makes you think this is an error in R? You have already been told that the message refers to your OS, not R.
Earlier versions of R did not use alloca: it looks very likely that your systems's alloca is implemented in a broken way. On Thu, 19 May 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Full_Name: Rainer Hurling > Version: R-2.1.0 > OS: FreeBSD6-CURRENT from May 19 2005 > Submission from: (NULL) (213.54.77.26) > > > /configure does well in FreeBSD6-CURRENT. > > When typing 'make' after a while I get: > > ------------------------------------- > [...snip...] > gcc -export-dynamic -L/usr/local/lib -o R.bin Rmain.o CConverters.o > CommandLineArgs.o Rdynload.o Renviron.o RNG.o apply.o arithmetic.o > apse.o array.o attrib.o base.o bind.o builtin.o character.o coerce.o > colors.o complex.o connections.o context.o cov.o cum.o dcf.o datetime.o > debug.o deparse.o deriv.o dotcode.o dounzip.o dstruct.o duplicate.o > engine.o envir.o errors.o eval.o format.o fourier.o gevents.o gram.o > gram-ex.o graphics.o identical.o internet.o iosupport.o lapack.o list.o > logic.o main.o mapply.o match.o memory.o model.o names.o objects.o > optim.o optimize.o options.o par.o paste.o pcre.o platform.o plot.o > plot3d.o plotmath.o print.o printarray.o printvector.o printutils.o > qsort.o random.o regex.o registration.o relop.o saveload.o scan.o seq.o > serialize.o size.o sort.o source.o split.o sprintf.o startup.o > subassign.o subscript.o subset.o summary.o sysutils.o unique.o util.o > version.o vfonts.o xxxpr.o ../unix/libunix.a ../appl/libappl.a > ../nmath/libnmath.a -lg2c -lm ../extra/zlib/libz.a > ../extra/bzip2/libbz2.a ../extra/pcre/libpcre.a > /usr/local/lib/libintl.so -Wl,-rpath -Wl,/usr/local/lib -lreadline -lm > -liconv > > errors.o(.text+0x154b): In function `do_gettext': > /usr/local/R-2.1.0/src/main/errors.c:779: undefined reference to > `__builtin_alloca' > errors.o(.text+0x15fa):/usr/local/R-2.1.0/src/main/errors.c:752: > undefined reference to `__builtin_alloca' > errors.o(.text+0x1652):/usr/local/R-2.1.0/src/main/errors.c:760: > undefined reference to `__builtin_alloca' > errors.o(.text+0x16aa):/usr/local/R-2.1.0/src/main/errors.c:770: > undefined reference to `__builtin_alloca' > errors.o(.text+0x1728):/usr/local/R-2.1.0/src/main/errors.c:738: > undefined reference to `__builtin_alloca' > errors.o(.text+0x274d):/usr/local/R-2.1.0/src/main/errors.c:829: more > undefined references to `__builtin_alloca' follow > *** Error code 1 > > Stop in /usr/local/R-2.1.0/src/main. > *** Error code 1 > > Stop in /usr/local/R-2.1.0/src/main. > *** Error code 1 > > Stop in /usr/local/R-2.1.0/src. > *** Error code 1 > > Stop in /usr/local/R-2.1.0. > ------------------------------------- > > Asking for the problem at R-devel I got this answer from Prof. Brian Ripley: > > "R itself does not refer to __builtin_alloca. That is something being mapped > by > the FreeBSD headers, and it should be `builtin' using gcc. (No version of > alloca is appearing as an import in error.o on Linux or Solaris using gcc.) > So > it looks like an inconsistency between your compiler and OS." > > My gcc version is 3.4.2 [FreeBSD] 20040728. > > There is no problem compiling R-2.0.1 and older versions on the same system. > > ______________________________________________ > R-devel@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel > > -- 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@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
