I went back and compiled older versions of R to see if this error
exists. On R 3.0.3, I get:
debug(available.packages)
install.packages('ggplot2', dep=TRUE, repo='http://cran.stat.ucla.edu')
...
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debug: z <- res0 <- tryCatch(read.dcf(file = tmpf), error = identity)
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Error: segfault from C stack overflow
On R 2.15.3, I do not see the error.
Thanks!
-- Vinh
On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 8:10 AM, Vinh Nguyen <vinhdi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear list,
>
> I was able to successfully compile R on our AIX box at work using the
> GNU compilers following the instructions on the R Administration
> guide. The output can be seen at here
> (https://gist.github.com/nguyenvinh/504321ea9c89d8919bef) and yields
> no errors .
>
> However, I get a segfault whenever I try to use the install.packages
> function to install packages. Using debug, I was able to trace it to
> the readDCF function:
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> debug: if (!all) return(.Internal(readDCF(file, fields, keep.white)))
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> debug: return(.Internal(readDCF(file, fields, keep.white)))
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>
> *** caught segfault ***
> address 4, cause 'invalid permissions'
>
> 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:
>
> Was curious if anyone has a clue on why such error exists or what I
> could do to fix it? I'm able to install packages via R CMD INSTALL,
> but I would hate to have to manually determine dependencies, download
> the source for each package, and install them "by hand" via R CMD
> INSTALL. Would be great to get this resolved. Thank you for your
> help.
>
> -- Vinh
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