[R] Difficulty Compiling RSQLite on Solaris x86 Using Studio 12 Compilers

[Prof Brian Ripley]

This isn't really an appropriate forum, and the problem seems to be 
related to how you built R (why is dmake being used?)

I've just tried RSQLite on our x86_64 Solaris 10 box (as far as I know 
SunOS 5.11 is not yet released but a preview), and it worked out of the 
box.

You need help from someone familiar with your OS installation: this is 
neither an R nor a generic Solaris issue.

On Tue, 30 Oct 2007, Aric Gregson wrote:

> Apologies if this is not the best list on which to ask for help. I have
> compiled R 2.6.0 using Sun Studio 12 compilers. I can install most CRAN
> and bioconductor packages that I need, with the exception of RSQLite.
> Unfortunately this is critical for other packages that I need. I have
> tried to compile it using R CMD INSTALL to generate a config.log file.
> I don't know how to fix the reported error. I have tried commenting
> out most of the test language in the configure file, but then there are
> other complaints.
>
> I used Studio 12 to build 2.5.1 and it worked perfectly. The only issue
> with the 2.6.0 build is that 'make test' fails and this did not happen
> with 2.5.1. However, it appears to run fine.

What is 'make test'?  We recommend 'make check', and it should work on a 
properly set up Solaris system.

> Any ideas of how I can get RSQLite to compile? Or is there another list
> to which I should address my question.
>
> thanks,
>
> aric
>
> Here is an except from the config.log:
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> /usr/bin/uname -p = i386
> /bin/uname -X     = System = SunOS
> Node = solenv
> Release = 5.11
> KernelID = snv_69
> Machine = i86pc
>
> ## ----------- ##
> ## Core tests. ##
> ## ----------- ##
>
> configure:1313: checking for gcc
> configure:1339: result: dmake: defaulting to parallel mode.
> See the man page dmake(1) for more information on setting up
> the .dmakerc file.
> /opt/studio12/SUNWspro/bin/cc -m64
> configure:1583: checking for C compiler version
> configure:1586: dmake: defaulting to parallel mode.
> See the man page dmake(1) for more information on setting up
> the .dmakerc file.
> /opt/studio12/SUNWspro/bin/cc -m64 --version </dev/null >&5
> ./configure: line 1587: dmake:: command not found
> configure:1589: $? = 127
> configure:1591: dmake: defaulting to parallel mode.
> See the man page dmake(1) for more information on setting up
> the .dmakerc file.
> /opt/studio12/SUNWspro/bin/cc -m64 -v </dev/null >&5
> ./configure: line 1592: dmake:: command not found
> configure:1594: $? = 127
> configure:1596: dmake: defaulting to parallel mode.
> See the man page dmake(1) for more information on setting up
> the .dmakerc file.
> /opt/studio12/SUNWspro/bin/cc -m64 -V </dev/null >&5
> ./configure: line 1597: dmake:: command not found
> configure:1599: $? = 127
> configure:1622: checking for C compiler default output file name
> configure:1625: dmake: defaulting to parallel mode.
> See the man page dmake(1) for more information on setting up
> the .dmakerc file.
> /opt/studio12/SUNWspro/bin/cc -m64 dmake: defaulting to parallel mode.
> See the man page dmake(1) for more information on setting up
> the .dmakerc file.
> -xO5 -xc99 -xlibmieee -xlibmil -nofstore   conftest.c  >&5
> ./configure: line 1626: dmake:: command not found
> configure:1628: $? = 127
> configure: failed program was:
> | /* confdefs.h.  */
> |
> | #define PACKAGE_NAME ""
> | #define PACKAGE_TARNAME ""
> | #define PACKAGE_VERSION ""
> | #define PACKAGE_STRING ""
> | #define PACKAGE_BUGREPORT ""
> | /* end confdefs.h.  */
> |
> | int
> | main ()
> | {
> |
> |   ;
> |   return 0;
> | }
> configure:1667: error: C compiler cannot create executables
> See `config.log' for more details.
>
> ## ----------------- ##
> ## Output variables. ##
> ## ----------------- ##
>
> -xO5 -xc99 -xlibmieee -xlibmil -nofstore'
> /opt/studio12/SUNWspro/bin/cc -m64'
> /opt/studio12/SUNWspro/bin/cc -m64'
> CC='dmake: defaulting to parallel mode.
> CFLAGS='dmake: defaulting to parallel mode.
> CPP=''
> CPPFLAGS=''
> DEFS=''
> ECHO_C=''
> ECHO_N='-n'
> ECHO_T=''
> EXEEXT=''
> LDFLAGS=''
> LIBOBJS=''
> LIBS=''
> LTLIBOBJS=''
> OBJEXT=''
> PACKAGE_BUGREPORT=''
> PACKAGE_NAME=''
> PACKAGE_STRING=''
> PACKAGE_TARNAME=''
> PACKAGE_VERSION=''
> PATH_SEPARATOR=':'
> PKG_CPPFLAGS=''
> PKG_LIBS=''
> SHELL='/bin/bash'
> See the man page dmake(1) for more information on setting up
> the .dmakerc file.
> See the man page dmake(1) for more information on setting up
> the .dmakerc file.
> See the man page dmake(1) for more information on setting up
> the .dmakerc file.
> ac_ct_CC='dmake: defaulting to parallel mode.
> bindir='${exec_prefix}/bin'
> build_alias=''
> datadir='${prefix}/share'
> exec_prefix='NONE'
> host_alias=''
> includedir='${prefix}/include'
> infodir='${prefix}/info'
> libdir='${exec_prefix}/lib'
> libexecdir='${exec_prefix}/libexec'
> localstatedir='${prefix}/var'
> mandir='${prefix}/man'
> oldincludedir='/usr/include'
> prefix='NONE'
> program_transform_name='s,x,x,'
> sbindir='${exec_prefix}/sbin'
> sharedstatedir='${prefix}/com'
> sysconfdir='${prefix}/etc'
> target_alias=''
>
> ## ----------- ##
> ## confdefs.h. ##
> ## ----------- ##
>
> #define PACKAGE_BUGREPORT ""
> #define PACKAGE_NAME ""
> #define PACKAGE_STRING ""
> #define PACKAGE_TARNAME ""
> #define PACKAGE_VERSION ""
>
> configure: exit 77
>
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