Just for the record, I install the gcc binaries from http://hpc.sourceforge.net (no MacPorts anymore) and with these I compile R from sources. Before I used the gcc4.8 from Macports - but never used R from MacPorts.
And yes, with Apple installation of any open-source software including a compilation via configure/make becomes complicated and it will always be. On 28 Oct 2013, at 11:27, peter dalgaard <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Oct 27, 2013, at 22:33 , Simon Zehnder wrote: > >> >> P.S.: I would consider the gcc4.8.2 binary from http://hpc.sourceforge.net >> for Mavericks and ML; I worked before with the macports alternative and >> found it easier to use these binaries. They are always up to date… > > --- except that MacPorts had R unbuildable for weeks with an internal > compiler error in Fortran. This sort of instability is what happens when a > distribution treats the build tools as just another set of applications. > > But, yes, it is currently a bit of a conundrum whether to head towards doing > things the Open Source Way or the Apple Way. > > (And there isn't really an "Open Source Way". There are eminent examples of > well-managed Open Source distributions in the Linux world, both on a > professional and on a volunteer basis. However, whenever people try > retrofitting the idea of maintained distributions onto commercial platforms, > it seems that amateurism kicks in.) > > -- > Peter Dalgaard, Professor > Center for Statistics, Copenhagen Business School > Solbjerg Plads 3, 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark > Phone: (+45)38153501 > Email: [email protected] Priv: [email protected] > _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Mac mailing list [email protected] https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac
