This is a bug in your compiler installation, not one in R. I notice you have a very old version of gcc, and that you have a system header (stdio.h) in /usr/local/include.
It seems likely that you have a version of the mismatch problem discussed in the R-admin manual: @command{gcc} makes modified versions of some header files, and so (for example) @command{gcc} compiled under Solaris 2.6 will not compile @R{} under Solaris 2.7. On Wed, 30 Aug 2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Full_Name: Patrick Lenon > Version: 2.3.1 > OS: Solaris 10 > Submission from: (NULL) (144.92.92.204) > > > During ./configure of R 2.3.1 (R-home directory of `/u/home/lenon/R/ru231/') I > got this feedback shown below. > > configure: WARNING: floatingpoint.h: present but cannot be compiled > configure: WARNING: floatingpoint.h: check for missing prerequisite > headers? > configure: WARNING: floatingpoint.h: see the Autoconf documentation > configure: WARNING: floatingpoint.h: section "Present But Cannot Be > Compiled" > configure: WARNING: floatingpoint.h: proceeding with the preprocessor's result > configure: WARNING: floatingpoint.h: in the future, the compiler will take > precedence > configure: WARNING: ## ----------------------------------- ## > configure: WARNING: ## Report this to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ## > configure: WARNING: ## ----------------------------------- ## > > Subsequently the "make" failed with this error: > > /usr/local/include/stdio.h:186: error: conflicting types for `FILE' > /usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/sparc-sun-solaris2.9/3.3.1/include/floatingpoint.h:52: > error: previous declaration of `FILE' > make[3]: *** [bakslv.o] Error 1 > make[3]: Leaving directory `/u/home/lenon/R/ru231/R-2.3.1/src/appl' > make[2]: *** [R] Error 2 > make[2]: Leaving directory `/u/home/lenon/R/ru231/R-2.3.1/src/appl' > make[1]: *** [R] Error 1 > make[1]: Leaving directory `/u/home/lenon/R/ru231/R-2.3.1/src' > make: *** [R] Error 1 > > I did a search for 'floatingpoint.h' in the R bug archive and got no results. > > ______________________________________________ > 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