2012/1/19 Uwe Ligges <lig...@statistik.tu-dortmund.de>: > For the records: This rsync infelicity has been solved in the meantime.
I can confirm that it works; just downloaded r58140. Thanks! Dan > > Uwe Ligges > > > On 19.01.2012 02:03, Dan Tenenbaum wrote: >> >> Hi Uwe, >> >> 2012/1/18 Uwe Ligges<lig...@statistik.tu-dortmund.de>: >>> >>> >>> >>> On 18.01.2012 01:09, Dan Tenenbaum wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> Hello, >>>> >>>> On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 12:28 AM, Prof Brian Ripley >>>> <rip...@stats.ox.ac.uk> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> CRAN Windows binary packages built for R-devel are now online, and >>>>> Uwe's >>>>> winbuilder has gained the ability to check source packages under >>>>> R-devel. >>>>> >>>>> Windows check results are available from >>>>> http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/checkSummaryWin.html >>>>> and in due course from the main CRAN check page. >>>>> >>>>> There have been a few updates to the toolchain: >>>>> >>>>> (i) It is now based on a beta of gcc 4.6.3, and so reports almost the >>>>> same >>>>> compilation warnings/errors as the CRAN check machines. >>>>> >>>> >>>> Is the binary R-devel provided by CRAN built against this toolchain? >>>> If it is, should I expect "R --arch x64 CMD config CC" to report >>>> "gcc"? It still reports "x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc" (R-devel 58077). >>> >>> >>> >>> Actually "gcc -m64" and that is also the case when I just tried >>> yesterday's >>> CRAN version (which is 58125). I guess you have an older version of R in >>> your PATH? >>> >> >> >> I can't seem to download the latest R-devel. When I try and download this >> file: >> http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/base/R-devel-win.exe >> >> and install that, it turns out to be r58077. I've tried with two >> different browsers and with curl, and with another CRAN mirror. I >> tried this on a fresh machine with no previous R installations or >> installer .exes lying around. >> >> The web page >> http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/base/rdevel.html >> says I should be downloading r58133 but that doesn't seem to be the >> case....can you look into this? >> >> >>> >>> >>> >>>> Also, I have the latest Rtools installed (VERSION.txt reads "Rtools >>>> version 2.15.0.1911") and it is first on my PATH. >>>> >>>> I expect "gcc --version" to report 4.6.3 but it still says 4.5.0. >>>> >>>> "x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc --version" reports 4.5.2. >>>> "which gcc" reports "/cygdrive/c/Rtools215/MinGW/bin/gcc". >>>> >>>> "which x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc" reports >>>> "/cygdrive/c/Rtools215/MinGW64/bin/x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc". >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Yes, these are the version you need for old versions of R that are >>> included >>> in the Rtools, but it has a third gcc in subdir gcc-4.6.3 which is the >>> one >>> you should have first in the path in order to use the new toolchain. >> >> >> >> Good, I did not know about this directory. I will put it first in my >> PATH after I am able to get a recent R-devel binary. >> Thanks, >> Dan >> >> >> >> >>> >>> Uwe Ligges >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>> (ii) There are various bug-fixes to the toolchain: notably x^n and >>>>> exp(x) >>>>> use gradual underflow to denormal numbers rather than abrubtly >>>>> underflowing >>>>> to zero. >>>>> >>>>> (iii) This is a 'multilib' toolchain: the compiler is named 'gcc.exe' >>>>> for >>>>> both architectures, selected by flag -m32 (the default) and -m64. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Looks like to check gcc versions I should (instead of what I do above) >>>> do simply "gcc --version". I imagine that "gcc -m32 --version" would >>>> report the same thing as "gcc -m64 --version". >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Dan >>>> >>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 29/11/2011 07:56, Prof Brian Ripley wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> An updated toolchain is now being used for Windows' builds of R-devel: >>>>>> details are in the R-admin manual and at >>>>>> http://www.murdoch-sutherland.com/Rtools/ and >>>>>> http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/pub/Rtools/ >>>>>> >>>>>> Both 32- and 64-bit parts of the toolchain use v2.0.1 of the Mingw-w64 >>>>>> project's runtime and a beta of gcc 4.5.4: the Mingw.org project's >>>>>> builds are no longer used. This should mean that code which compiles >>>>>> for >>>>>> 64-bit Windows also compiles for 32-bit Windows, and v.v. unless code >>>>>> makes (incorrect but common) assumptions that pointers fit into longs. >>>>>> >>>>>> A very few packages will need modifications because they contain >>>>>> declarations which clash with the headers in this toolchain: where we >>>>>> are aware of problems the maintainers have been informed. >>>>>> >>>>>> At DLL level different Windows' toolchains should be compatible: at C >>>>>> level they mostly are but at C++ level they are pretty much >>>>>> incompatible >>>>>> (so that for example GDAL has to be re-compiled for every toolchain: >>>>>> and >>>>>> Rcpp users need to be careful to use only one toolchain for Rcpp and >>>>>> their packages). All the external software previously made available >>>>>> (and more) is made available at http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/pub/Rtools . >>>>>> >>>>>> The toolchain has support for OpenMP and pthreads: however OpenMP >>>>>> support is not enabled by default in R (it is too slow to be much >>>>>> use). >>>>>> If you do make use of it in your packages, be aware that you will need >>>>>> to ship the appropriate pthreads DLL(s). >>>>>> >>>>>> It is expected that there will be several further minor updates prior >>>>>> to >>>>>> the release of 2.15.0 in ca 4 months, but this step is the major one. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Brian D. Ripley, rip...@stats.ox.ac.uk >>>>> 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 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ______________________________________________ >>>> R-devel@r-project.org mailing list >>>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel >> >> >> ______________________________________________ >> R-devel@r-project.org mailing list >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
