The subject line is true, and as documented hence not a bug.
If this was meant to be an enhancement request, please note that the R FAQ said
There is a section of the bug repository for suggestions for enhancements for R labelled `wishlist'. Suggestions can be submitted in the same ways as bugs, but please ensure that the subject line makes clear that this is for the wishlist and not a bug report, for example by starting with `Wishlist:'. On Wed, 15 Oct 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
R CMD config exports the following variables: JAR Java archive tool command JAVA Java interpreter command JAVAC Java compiler command JAVAH Java header and stub generator command JAVA_HOME path to the home of Java distribution JAVA_LIBS flags needed for linking against Java libraries JAVA_CPPFLAGS C preprocessor flags needed for compiling JNI programs JAVA_LD_LIBRARY_PATH is defined in Makeconf, but not exported. Specifically, src/scripts/config includes the following line: ok_java_vars="JAVA JAVAC JAVAH JAR JAVA_HOME JAVA_LIBS JAVA_CPPFLAGS" This list does not include JAVA_LD_LIBRARY_PATH, with no explanation of why not. Providing this env variable would allow developers to use RPATH instead of setting the LD_LIBRARY_PATH variable by hand before running R extensions that use Java.
What is RPATH? Since R and R CMD set a LD_LIBRARY_PATH that includes JAVA_LD_LIBRARY_PATH, this makes no sense to me: the documented way is to run extensions via loading into R or via R CMD.
If you can make a good case for changing this, please re-submit an enhancement request containing that case in the form described in the FAQ, giving your credentials (this email is from an unnamed account and unsigned: we have no idea who you are).
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