OK, I solved my problem in case anyone is still interested. I have set noclobber (don't redirect ">" on top of an existing file) in .bashrc. The problem didn't clear up until I commented the line out of .bashrc. I tried turning the option off in the shell in which I was attempting to make R, but to no avail. Only commenting the noclobber line out of .bashrc resolved the problem. Then "make" worked like a charm.
It took way too long, but it's so satisfying when you crack a problem like that. Best, Michael Ash [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sun, 14 Mar 2004, Michael Ash wrote: > > I am trying to make R-1.8.1 on (SunOS shell1 5.8 Generic_108528-15 sun4u sparc > SUNW,UltraAX-i2). I did > ./configure > make > Configure output seems ok. The make proceeds until the following line appears, > repeated indefinitely (until I break): > > ./config.status: ./confstat28489-19881/subs.frag: cannot overwrite existing file > > I suspect that this may involve write permissions (and maybe > the umask set in config.status). I am attempting the make in > a directory where I have rwx permission. (I've also tried > this with "./configure --prefix=/home/me" with the same > result. I don't have superuser permission on the machine in > question and am planning to install R to my home directory.) > > Any suggestions? > > Thank you very much. > > Best regards, > > Michael Ash, Assistant Professor > of Economics and Public Policy > Department of Economics and CPPA > University of Massachusetts > Amherst, MA 01003 > Tel 413-545-6329 Fax 413-545-2921 > Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://people.umass.edu/maash ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
