Hi, there can be an issue with recent gcc where the system-installed "ar" and "ranlib" commands cannot handle LTO binaries. On compilation, this manifests itself with error messages claiming that they need extra plugins.
This can be fixed by using the command line $ AR=gcc-ar RANLIB=gcc-ranlib ./configure --enable-lto so it is not a big issue, but it would still be nicer if the configure script tested the functionality of ar and ranlib itself and would select the appropriate one accordingly. This is with R version 3.5.3. Regards Thomas ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel