On 15 January 2012 at 12:11, Peter Muhlberger wrote: | Hi Dirk: | | What would commenting out -lquadmath in /etc/R/Makeconf do? If a
Iff it got there because R was conf'ed that way at _its_ buildtime yet the compiler on the system _running the Hmisc build_ (ie your box) doesn't need it, then commenting out would remove an unnecessary constraint. | package, such as Hmisc, requires it, wouldn't that prevent compiling | or does the compiler then do more of a search for the library at that | point? | | I wonder if I could have prevented this problem by pulling in a newer | version of R from backports rather than sid? I have no idea as I don't have the issue on my systems. I don't mix and mix between distro variants. If I need something, I tend to build a local .deb. Dirk | | Peter | | On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 4:48 PM, Dirk Eddelbuettel <[email protected]> wrote: | > | > Hi Peter, | > | > On 13 January 2012 at 16:01, Peter Muhlberger wrote: | > | Hi Dirk: | > | | > | I checked several months of r-sig-debian archives for a keyword | > | associated with my problem & found nothing. Clearly, I used the wrong | > | keyword (probably "libquad"). Now that you mention that there was a | > | recent discussion, I can see it, and it's helpful. Wish I knew of a | > | way to do a better search on the archive. | > | > Yes, sorry, and it was more or less timing issue. You and the other poster | > were pretty hit at the same time. | > | | > | I thought my experience might be helpful because I have a fairly | > | plain-vanilla version of Squeeze and build-essentials. I gather from | > | the prior discussion on Jan 12 that my problem is that I updated my | > | copy of R using the sid archive (had to to use the sem package), so | > | now when I build it's probably expecting a more recent compiler setup. | > | > Right. That "gap" between sid and squeeze is usually non-existent, and I have | > also at times done a pick and choose. | > | > In this case, though, it seems that there is a compiler change and the two | > are different. | > | > You could try editing /etc/R/Makeconf and just comment out -lquadmath. | > | > Dirk | > | > | So maybe my problem is more esoteric than I imagined. It does seem | > | complicated to be a R user in Squeeze. | > | | > | It's also helpful to know that there are binaries for things like | > | Hmisc in the archives. | > | | > | Thanks in general for tackling the inclusion of R in Debian! | > | | > | Cheers, | > | Peter | > | | > | On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 10:21 PM, Dirk Eddelbuettel <[email protected]> wrote: | > | > | > | > On 12 January 2012 at 21:30, Peter Muhlberger wrote: | > | > | Apologies if this has been posted about recently, but I haven't been | > | > | on this listserve for a while. | > | > | > | > That is rude. This was discussed, and a fix layed out, within the last 24 hours. | > | > | > | > | I ran into a problem trying to compile Hmisc (required package for | > | > | > | > 1) r-cran-hmisc was part of Debian for years. Why compile? | > | > | > | > 2) r-cran-rms is part of Debian, the 'rms' package has replaced Hmisc /years | > | > ago/ upstream. | > | > | > | > | rms) and have found a solution that I'd like to share. The compile | > | > | fails with the message: | > | > | | > | > | /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lquadmath | > | > | | > | > | libquadmath exists on my Debian Squeeze system (up-to-date, recently installed): | > | > | | > | > | ldconfig -p | grep libquad* | > | > | libquadmath.so.0 (libc6,x86-64) => | > | > | /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libquadmath.so.0 | > | > | | > | > | The problem appears to be that libquadmath.so.0 is buried in the | > | > | directory x86_64-linux-gnu where the compiler apparently can't see it. | > | > | | > | > | The fix is: | > | > | | > | > | cd /usr/lib | > | > | sudo ln -s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libquadmath.so.0 /usr/lib/libquadmath.so | > | > | | > | > | Now, the compile works. | > | > | | > | > | Whoever is setting up R or R packages for Debian should try to insure | > | > | that users don't have to apply fixes like the one above. | > | > | > | > Nonsense. Look at the compile logs of /hundreds/ of r-cran-* packages across | > | > /more than a dozen/ architectures. They build. | > | > | > | > Look eg at http://packages.qa.debian.org/r/r-cran-rms.html and click on build | > | > log, or go to https://buildd.debian.org/status/package.php?p=r-cran-rms | > | > | > | > Funny how it builds on all of our machines witout intervention, eh? | > | > | > | > Dirk | > | > | > | > | | > | > | Cheers, | > | > | Peter | > | > | | > | > | _______________________________________________ | > | > | R-SIG-Debian mailing list | > | > | [email protected] | > | > | https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-debian | > | > | > | > -- | > | > "Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it is too | > | > dark to read." -- Groucho Marx | > | > -- | > "Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it is too | > dark to read." -- Groucho Marx -- "Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. 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