<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > dear wizards: > > FYI: gentoo is a linux meta distribution, which compiles all > packages. Once running, gentoo is stable on most applications. (it > has some problems with system tools, such as grub.) the compiler is > gcc 3.3.3. I do not expect anyone to track down for me why R fails on > the gentoo amd64+gcc3.3.3 system, but I thought that it would be good > to put it on the record to save others some time. > > The resulting from-source-compiled R is not stable in this > combination. R starts up ok, but a couple of commands (a simple linear > regression) usually result in a Segfault. this applies both to the R > provided by gentoo (an old version of 1.9.0) or the latest version > 1.9.1 which I just pulled down. in case someone is wondering, the > debugger backtrace provides > > #0 0x000000000052ac16 in dnrm2_ () > #1 0x00000000005185e8 in dqrdc2_ () > #2 0x0000000000518db1 in dqrls_ () > #3 0x000000000045d5d5 in do_dotCode () > #4 0x0000000000472b6b in Rf_eval () > ... > > (if any R wizard were to find it useful to try it out for himself, I > could arrange for machine access, or provide other relevant > information. if anyone has compiled R 1.9.1 under amd64 with gcc > 3.3.3 and found it to be stable, please let me know, too.) >
SuSE 9.1 appears quite happy. > gcc -v Reading specs from /usr/lib64/gcc-lib/x86_64-suse-linux/3.3.3/specs Configured with: ../configure --enable-threads=posix --prefix=/usr --with-local-prefix=/usr/local --infodir=/usr/share/info --mandir=/usr/share/man --enable-languages=c,c++,f77,objc,java,ada --disable-checking --libdir=/usr/lib64 --enable-libgcj --with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/g++ --with-slibdir=/lib64 --with-system-zlib --enable-shared --enable-__cxa_atexit x86_64-suse-linux Thread model: posix gcc version 3.3.3 (SuSE Linux) I'd suspect that your blas libs are broken rather than R itself. -- O__ ---- Peter Dalgaard Blegdamsvej 3 c/ /'_ --- Dept. of Biostatistics 2200 Cph. N (*) \(*) -- University of Copenhagen Denmark Ph: (+45) 35327918 ~~~~~~~~~~ - ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) FAX: (+45) 35327907 ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
