I've just built R 2.9.2 from source on Slackware Linux 13.0 - 32-bit (will try 64-bit also next) - and seen:
> Collecting examples for package 'stats' > Running examples in package 'stats' > Error: testing 'stats' failed > Execution halted > make[3]: *** [test-Examples-Base] Error 1 Looking at R-2.9.2/tests/Examples/stats-Ex.Rout.fail I see: ... > ### ** Examples > > > > ## see also JohnsonJohnson, Nile and AirPassengers > > require(graphics) > > > > trees <- window(treering, start=0) > > (fit <- StructTS(trees, type = "level")) > > Call: > StructTS(x = trees, type = "level") > > Variances: > level epsilon > 0.0003700 0.0719877 > > plot(trees) > > lines(fitted(fit), col = "green") > > tsdiag(fit) > > > > (fit <- StructTS(log10(UKgas), type = "BSM")) > Error in optim(init[mask], getLike, method = "L-BFGS-B", lower = rep(0, : > non-finite value supplied by optim > Calls: StructTS -> optim > Execution halted I'll be happy to supply any information I can upon request to help the developers solve this apparent problem. I've searched the R mailing lists - and done a general Google - but can't find any previous mention of the matter. John A. Murdie ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.