Re: [Rd] More Capability for Capabilities

2016-01-28 Thread Martin Maechler
> Paul Grosu > on Thu, 28 Jan 2016 07:53:13 -0500 writes: > Hi Dario, > Here are another couple of other fun functions you can utilize besides the > ones Dirk recommended :) > extSoftVersion() > grSoftVersion() > Below is an example: >> grSoftVersion()

[Rd] More Capability for Capabilities

2016-01-28 Thread Paul Grosu
Hi Dario, Here are another couple of other fun functions you can utilize besides the ones Dirk recommended :) extSoftVersion() grSoftVersion() Below is an example: > grSoftVersion() cairo libpng jpeg "1.10.2" "1.6.16"

[Rd] Abuse of a private glibc symbol in R 3.2.3

2016-01-28 Thread Alba Pompeo
Hello, developers of R. I have been unsuccessfully trying to build R on a musl libc system for the last days. ./configure works, but make fails. The command that errors out is here - http://pastebin.com/raw/UwFRsiqT It was brought to my attention that this is a (very longstanding) abuse of a priv

Re: [Rd] More Capability for Capabilities

2016-01-28 Thread Dirk Eddelbuettel
On 28 January 2016 at 09:00, Dario Strbenac wrote: | The capabilities function gives a logical result of which features R has been compiled with. Is there a more advanced variety of the function that will give the version number of the library, or its system path, rather than simply TRUE ? Both

[Rd] More Capability for Capabilities

2016-01-28 Thread Dario Strbenac
Good day, The capabilities function gives a logical result of which features R has been compiled with. Is there a more advanced variety of the function that will give the version number of the library, or its system path, rather than simply TRUE ? -- Dario St