Re: [Rd] package matrix dummy.cpp

2010-11-29 Thread Martin Maechler
Prof Brian Ripley rip...@stats.ox.ac.uk on Sun, 28 Nov 2010 16:00:53 + (GMT) writes: It is Matrix, not matrix indeed! I too have corresponded with them about this. It seems to be a legacy from when the package contained C++ code, and can now be deleted.

Re: [Rd] package matrix dummy.cpp

2010-11-29 Thread Prof Brian Ripley
On Mon, 29 Nov 2010, Ambrus Kaposi wrote: Thank you for the help. yes.  Though, as Brian mentions below it's strange that you can't compile the package (how?) with the file present. I'd guess that this would mean you cannot (easily) install any CRAN packages that use C++ ? I think this will

[Rd] package matrix dummy.cpp

2010-11-28 Thread Ambrus Kaposi
Hi, The recommended package matrix contains an empty file src/dummy.cpp which results in using g++ instead of gcc to link Matrix.so. What is the reason for that? Is there any difference between using g++ or gcc? (There are no other cpp files in the source) I asked the maintainers of the package

Re: [Rd] package matrix dummy.cpp

2010-11-28 Thread Prof Brian Ripley
It is Matrix, not matrix I too have corresponded with them about this. It seems to be a legacy from when the package contained C++ code, and can now be deleted. On Sun, 28 Nov 2010, Ambrus Kaposi wrote: Hi, The recommended package matrix contains an empty file src/dummy.cpp which