On 2/13/06, Prof Brian Ripley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I believe the bug is triggered by the fairly unusual event you have a '.' > in the package name, and the change in 2.2.1 to 2.2.1 patched was to add > > > LIBRARY R.native.dll > ^^^^ > (which is what my workaround in ld.exe was doing another way). > > Since we are told that is the correct form and we were using it > incorrectly before, I don't really know how to work around this. For you, > just delete .dll in the following line in src/gnuwin32/MkRules > > %.dll: > @$(ECHO) LIBRARY $*.dll > $*.def
Thanks. With "@$(ECHO) LIBRARY $ > $*.def" it works again. All the best, Henrik > but that is not a general solution. > > > On Mon, 13 Feb 2006, Henrik Bengtsson wrote: > > > Hi. > > > > I noticed that Brian Ripley found and corrected a bug in MinGW's > > ld.exe, see http://www.murdoch-sutherland.com/Rtools/. Thanks for > > this. I wonder if this is the same bug that cause my problems. I > > have tiny toy package with C code that installs perfectly on R Version > > 2.2.1 beta (2005-12-18 r36792) [this version was mislabelled "beta" > > the first few hours on CRAN when the stable 2.2.1 version first came > > out]. However, when I try to install the same on R Version 2.2.1 > > Patched (2006-02-09 r37305) as well as R Version 2.3.0 Under > > development (unstable) (2006-02-02 r37243), I get the following error: > > > > C:\Documents and Settings\hb\braju.com.R\R.native\build>Rcmd install > > R.native > > > > ---------- Making package R.native ------------ > > adding build stamp to DESCRIPTION > > making DLL ... > > making rowMedians.d from rowMedians.c > > gcc -IC:/PROGRA~1/R/R-2.2.1pat/include -Wall -O2 -c rowMedians.c -o > > rowMedia > > ns.o > > ar cr R.native.a rowMedians.o > > ranlib R.native.a > > windres --include-dir C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-2.2.1pat/include -i R.native_res.rc > > -o R. > > native_res.o > > gcc --shared -s -o R.native.dll R.native.def R.native.a R.native_res.o > > -LC:/P > > ROGRA~1/R/R-2.2.1pat/src/gnuwin32 -lg2c -lR > > c:\MinGW\bin\..\lib\gcc\mingw32\3.4.4\..\..\..\..\mingw32\bin\ld.exe: > > R.native.d > > ef:1: syntax error > > c:\MinGW\bin\..\lib\gcc\mingw32\3.4.4\..\..\..\..\mingw32\bin\ld.exe:R.native.de > > f: file format not recognized; treating as linker script > > c:\MinGW\bin\..\lib\gcc\mingw32\3.4.4\..\..\..\..\mingw32\bin\ld.exe:R.native.de > > f:1: syntax error > > collect2: ld returned 1 exit status > > make[3]: *** [R.native.dll] Error 1 > > make[2]: *** [srcDynlib] Error 2 > > make[1]: *** [all] Error 2 > > make: *** [pkg-R.native] Error 2 > > *** Installation of R.native failed *** > > > > Removing 'C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-2.2.1pat/library/R.native' > > Restoring previous 'C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-2.2.1pat/library/R.native' > > > > My R.native.def looks like this: > > > > LIBRARY R.native.dll > > EXPORTS > > rowMedians > > rowMediansInteger > > rowMediansReal > > > > I've tried to replace the two occurances of ld.exe in MINGW with BR's > > patch, but I get the same error. The ld of the patch and the original > > one show the same version string; > > patch: GNU ld version 2.16.91 20050827 and original: GNU ld version > > 2.16.91 20050827. I've tried to use both MINGW v5.0.0 and v5.0.2 with > > both "current" (v3.4.2) and "candidate" (v3.4.4) packages. > > Hmm, only 3.4.5 is there as a candidate. > > > Is this related to the bug BR found? Any suggestions what might go > > wrong between R v2.2.1 and v2.2.1 patched? > > > > Thanks > > > > Henrik > > > > ______________________________________________ > > R-devel@r-project.org mailing list > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel > > > > > > -- > Brian D. Ripley, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/ > University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) > 1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA) > Oxford OX1 3TG, UK Fax: +44 1865 272595 ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
