thanks for all the responses,
just to mention that I have also experimented with quite a few versions of
the compiler and there was always a failure at a different test, filing a
bug report is a good idea. Does the 64 version work as expected in Linux?
thanks,
georgios
On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 8:05 PM, Bill Northcott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> On 26/03/2008, at 10:00 PM, Georgios wrote:
> > I have installed gcc 4.2 and gfortran 4.2 from the available sources
> > on the
> > web page and am using the copy and paste guide on the page.
> >
> > Now everything seems to be going fine until the point where the R
> > packages
> > are tested. In particular when the regression tests are run I get the
> > following.
> >
> > running regression tests
> > running code in 'reg-tests-1.R' ...\c
> > OK
> > running code in 'reg-tests-2.R' ...\c
> > OK
> > comparing 'reg-tests-2.Rout' to './reg-tests-2.Rout.save' ...\c
> > 3756c3756
> > < The decimal point is 1 digit(s) to the right of the |
> > ---
> >> The decimal point is at the |
> > 3762c3762
>
> It may or may not be relevant, but there is a catastrophic bug in
> log10() in 10.5.2 for x86_64: it returns 0 for all arguments. This
> has been discussed on the Scitech list. Apple think they have fixed
> it, but I am sure they would want to hear of other cases or possible
> compiler issues, if it is their compiler you are using.
>
> So if you can get a minimal test case it would be very good to submit
> a bug. It may be worth doing even if you cannot get a minimal case
> because all the sources are readily available.
>
> Finally last time I looked a few days back Simon's 64 bit Intel builds
> were failing.
>
> Bill Northcott
>
>
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