On Aug 30, 2012, at 12:31 PM, Federico Calboli <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 30 Aug 2012, at 17:10, Simon Urbanek <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> On Aug 30, 2012, at 11:42 AM, Federico Calboli <[email protected]> 
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> On 30 Aug 2012, at 16:26, Simon Urbanek <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Aug 30, 2012, at 11:19 AM, Federico Calboli <[email protected]> 
>>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> On 22 Aug 2012, at 15:12, Simon Urbanek <[email protected]> 
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Aug 22, 2012, at 6:34 AM, Federico Calboli <[email protected]> 
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I used to be able to use the Fortran binaries provided by Simon for 
>>>>>>> both R and Julia, but alas this will not be possible anymore:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> "The problem is not BLAS, but your version of gfortran. Mac provides a 
>>>>>>> built-in system blas, so it is not required to build our own. However, 
>>>>>>> "checking for Fortran 77 name-mangling scheme... unknown" is a problem. 
>>>>>>> It appears that the R version of gfortran is too old to build arpack (a 
>>>>>>> quick google search reveals that gfortran older than 4.4 won't build 
>>>>>>> code properly on 64 bit -- yours is 4.2.3) ."
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I could install the GFortran from here: 
>>>>>>> http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/GFortranBinaries#MacOS. but (1) they will 
>>>>>>> overwrite /usr/local/bin/gfortran (with a symlink) and (2) I don't know 
>>>>>>> if it will work for R.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> So, will the GCC binary work for R, or is it going to be utter PITA?  
>>>>>>> I'm on 10.8, Xcode 4.4.1 + CLI add-ons and all the other bells and 
>>>>>>> whistles.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> They won't work with CRAN R binaries because they don't use Apple 
>>>>>> driver-drivers (i.e. they don't support -arch etc.)*. If you compile R 
>>>>>> from sources, you can use any Fortran binary you want - it will be tied 
>>>>>> to your particular runtime (and you can't use -arch).
>>>>> 
>>>>> I use the CRAN R binary and CRAN binary packages
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> BTW: The FSF Fortran installs in /usr/local/gfortran so it can 
>>>>>> peacefully co-exist with out CRAN Fortran -- even in our Fortran 
>>>>>> gfortran is just a symlink to gfortran-4.2 so you can easily restore it 
>>>>>> with
>>>>>> sudo ls -sfn gfortran-4.2 /usr/local/bin/gfortran
>>>>>> if you wish.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Given the above, can I leave gfortran to point to the GCC fortran?
>>>> 
>>>> Not for CRAN binary unless you do sed 's:gfortran -arch:gfortran-4.2 
>>>> -arch:g' on both Makeconf files …
>>> 
>>> are you saying the binaries (R + whatever libraries I install) using 
>>> fortran will not work with GCC fortran?  I am confused.
>>> 
>> 
>> The *binaries* don't care about the Fortran as R comes with its own gfortran 
>> runtime, but you can't compile packages that have Fortran code with FSF 
>> Fortran as it doesn't understand Apple flags.
>> 
>> 
>>>>> if I do not, julia throws a hissy fit every time I compile it,
>>>> 
>>>> Can't you just set FC and F77 to gfortran-4.2 when configuring Julia?
>>> 
>>> It used to be possible (I did successfully build julia on Lion with the R 
>>> gfortran add on for Lion), though now I am on ML and julia has a fit trying 
>>> to build arpack with a fortran < 4.4.  As I posted above from the julia dev 
>>> conversation I started:
>>> 
>>> "The problem is not BLAS, but your version of gfortran. Mac provides a 
>>> built-in system blas, so it is not required to build our own. However, 
>>> "checking for Fortran 77 name-mangling scheme... unknown" is a problem. It 
>>> appears that the R version of gfortran is too old to build arpack (a quick 
>>> google search reveals that gfortran older than 4.4 won't build code 
>>> properly on 64 bit -- yours is 4.2.3) ."
>>> 
>> 
>> 
>> But then it's using the wrong compiler ... did you change FC to gfortran-4.2 
>> in Make.inc? I didn't realize that julia doesn't even have a reasonable 
>> build system, so you have to edit it by hand …
> 
> Just to test, I removed julia altogether, cloned the git repo, edited 
> Make.inc to have FC = gfortran-4.2 and I get:
> 
> …
> …
> i686-apple-darwin8-gfortran-4.2: unrecognized option '-shared'
> Undefined symbols for architecture i386:
>  "_MAIN__", referenced from:
>      _main in libgfortranbegin.a(fmain.o)
> ld: symbol(s) not found for architecture i386
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> make[2]: *** [amos/libamos.dylib] Error 1
> make[1]: *** [julia-release] Error 2
> make: *** [release] Error 2
> 
> So it looks like there is no way of building julia with R gfortran.
> 

You got that backwards - you don't want to build Julia with R Fortran. The 
whole point is that you separate your Fortran for julia and for R: gfortran for 
R (CRAN) and gfortran-4.2 (or whatever you want to call it is up to you) for 
julia.

Cheers,
Simon



> Cheers
> 
> F
> 
> PS
> 
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Simon
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> though I use and need R *much more than julia*, so I'd like to avoid R 
>>>>> binaries of any sort having a hissy fit if gfortran points to something 
>>>>> else than gfortran-4.2.  Between R and julia I'm with R.
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Binaries will be fine, but compiling won't work (because FSF gfortran 
>>>> doesn't understand Apple flags).
>>>> 
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Simon
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> Cheers
>>>>> 
>>>>> Federico
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>> Simon
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> --- for advanced users only - if you have no idea what I'm talking 
>>>>>> about, don't do it ---
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> * - in theory you can use the Apple driver-driver of our Fortran to 
>>>>>> drive FSF-build Fortran. For example if you take the CRAN Fortran then 
>>>>>> renaming your FSF Fortran to i686-apple-darwin8-gfortran-4.2 and putting 
>>>>>> our driver instead of gfortran then you may have some luck using CRAN R 
>>>>>> with your FSF Fortran (obviously, -arch ppc won't work but fewer people 
>>>>>> care now ;)). There are some potential issues, though, for example the 
>>>>>> FSF binaries use purely dynamic setup so anything you compile can only 
>>>>>> be used on your machine. Also in theory you can have runtime version 
>>>>>> mismatch issues (two different versions of gfortran and gcc runtimes) - 
>>>>>> so your mileage may vary.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> BW
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> F
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Federico C. F. Calboli
>>>>>>> Neuroepidemiology and Ageing Research
>>>>>>> Imperial College, St. Mary's Campus
>>>>>>> Norfolk Place, London W2 1PG
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Tel +44 (0)20 75941602   Fax +44 (0)20 75943193
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> f.calboli [.a.t] imperial.ac.uk
>>>>>>> f.calboli [.a.t] gmail.com
>>>>>>> 
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>>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> --
>>>>> Federico C. F. Calboli
>>>>> Neuroepidemiology and Ageing Research
>>>>> Imperial College, St. Mary's Campus
>>>>> Norfolk Place, London W2 1PG
>>>>> 
>>>>> Tel +44 (0)20 75941602   Fax +44 (0)20 75943193
>>>>> 
>>>>> f.calboli [.a.t] imperial.ac.uk
>>>>> f.calboli [.a.t] gmail.com
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> --
>>> Federico C. F. Calboli
>>> Neuroepidemiology and Ageing Research
>>> Imperial College, St. Mary's Campus
>>> Norfolk Place, London W2 1PG
>>> 
>>> Tel +44 (0)20 75941602   Fax +44 (0)20 75943193
>>> 
>>> f.calboli [.a.t] imperial.ac.uk
>>> f.calboli [.a.t] gmail.com
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
> 
> --
> Federico C. F. Calboli
> Neuroepidemiology and Ageing Research
> Imperial College, St. Mary's Campus
> Norfolk Place, London W2 1PG
> 
> Tel +44 (0)20 75941602   Fax +44 (0)20 75943193
> 
> f.calboli [.a.t] imperial.ac.uk
> f.calboli [.a.t] gmail.com
> 
> 

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