problems installing ESS 5.1.9 on Solaris

[A.J. Rossini]

>>>>> "gb" == glynn, bill <glynn_bill at emc.com> writes:


    gb>    My apologies if this message is received twice.  I just
    gb> discovered that there is a problem with the mail server under
    gb> UNIX so I am not sure if the previous message was sent or if I
    gb> would be able to receive a reply.  I am attempting to install
    gb> ESS 5.1.9 under Solaris with Emacs 19.33.2.  I stored
    gb> ESS-5.1.9.tar.gz in directory ESS, extracted the files (they
    gb> were unpacked into the subdirectory ess-5.1.9), cd to
    gb> ess-5.1.9 and typed make.  The following output was the
    gb> result:

    >> make
    gb> emacs -batch --no-site-file --no-init-file -l ./ess-comp.el -f
    gb> batch-byte-compile ess-vars.el Symbol's function definition is
    gb> void: functionp *** Error code 255 make: Fatal error: Command
    gb> failed for target `ess-vars.elc' Current working directory
    gb> /emc/glynn/ESS-5.1.9/ess-5.1.9/lisp *** Error code 1 make:
    gb> Fatal error: Command failed for target `all'


Please upgrade to ESS 5.1.18, which solves the bug you are reporting;
I would also seriously suggest upgrading to Emacs 19.34, which solves
other bugs related to Emacs and ESS.

best,
-tony

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