>>>>> Dirk Eddelbuettel writes:

> Hi Nobuhiro,

> On 15 December 2009 at 12:03, Nobuhiro Iwamatsu wrote:
> | Hi, Dirk.
> | 
> | 2009/12/15 Dirk Eddelbuettel <e...@debian.org>:
> | >
> | > On 15 December 2009 at 09:50, Nobuhiro Iwamatsu wrote:
> | > | Package: r-base
> | > | Version: 2.10.1-1
> | > | Severity: important
> | > | Tags: patch
> | > | User: debian-...@superh.org
> | > | Usertags: sh4
> | > | X-Debbugs-CC: debian-sup...@lists.debian.org
> | >
> | > Grrrr. That is a new upstream version that came out today after 10 days 
> with
> | > prereleases.  Too bad you didn;t test against the pre-releases...
> | 
> | Oh, sorry.
> | I got possible to build R just the other day.

> No worries. We will at least have R 2.11.0 ready for next April :)

> | > | Hi,
> | > |
> | > | I am now trying to run Debian on Renesas SH(sh4) CPU.
> | > | 
> http://buildd.debian-ports.org/status/architecture.php?suite=unstable&a=sh4
> | > |
> | > | r-base FTBFS on SH4.
> | > | Because configure included in r-base is created in old autoconf.
> | > |
> | > | -----
> | > | checking how to get verbose linking output from gcc -std=gnu99... -v
> | > | checking for C libraries of gcc -std=gnu99...  -little
> | > | -L/usr/lib/gcc/sh4-linux-gnu/4.3.4
> | > | -L/usr/lib/gcc/sh4-linux-gnu/4.3.4/../../.. -lgcc_s
> | > | checking for dummy main to link with Fortran 77 libraries... unknown
> | > | configure: error: linking to Fortran libraries from C fails
> | > | -----
> | > |
> | > | This become the error by the following contents in config.log.
> | > | -----
> | > | configure:27813: result:  -little -L/usr/lib/gcc/sh4-linux-gnu/4.3.4
> | > | -L/usr/lib/gcc/sh4-linux-gnu/4.3.4/../../.. -lgcc_s
> | > | configure:27944: checking for dummy main to link with Fortran 77 
> libraries
> | > | configure:27988: gcc -std=gnu99 -o conftest -g -O2   conftest.c -ldl
> | > | -lm   -little -lgfortran -lm >&5
> | > | /usr/bin/ld.real: cannot find -little
> | > | collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> | > | -----
> | > |
> | > | Could you update confiugre with new autoconf?
> | > | Or please apply the patch which I attached.
> | > | This is patch for quick fix.
> | >
> | > (Some members of) R upstream use Debian for development. Can you indicate
> | > which autoconf versions in Debian are good enough ?
> | 
> | This problem is revised by the following patches.
> | http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-autoconf/2008-10/msg00039.html
> | 
> | Autoconf which this revision is taken in is autoconf-2.64.
> | And autoconf of Debian is 2.65-3 now.

> Ok, so quick question to Kurt:  Do you know which autoconf version you
> are running?

Yes, of course.  My Autoconf is the one from Debian testing, but this is
not what gets used for creating confgure: svn diff gives

--- configure   (revision 50744)
+++ configure   (working copy)
@@ -1,62 +1,85 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
-# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.61 for R 2.11.0.
+# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.65 for R 2.11.0.

Are you saying one should use at least 2.64?  This was released
2009-07-26, so I am not sure changing to

  AC_PREREQ(2.64)

in configure.ac will make everyone in R-core happy ...

-k

> | 
> | >
> | > Also, before you send me bug reports for every binary that I upload:  Is
> | > there a way to fix this a little better programmatically ?
> | >
> | Most of source pachages which use gfortran and configure was made in
> | old autoconf became the object of this problem.

> I will keep that in mind. Fortran parts often change less frequently
> which increases the chances if autoconf files getting stale.

> I will patch R 2.10.1 by hand as you suggested, but we should liaise
> with Kurt to make sure everything is tied up correctly upstream.

> Cheers, Dirk
 
> | Best regards,
> |   Nobuhiro
> | -- 
> | Nobuhiro Iwamatsu
> |    iwamatsu at {nigauri.org / debian.org}
> |    GPG ID: 40AD1FA6

> -- 
> Three out of two people have difficulties with fractions.




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