R devel - Oct 2004 - Cross compiling in R-2.0.0

Hello,
 
When compiling R-2.0.0 for cross-compiling, I get the following error
when calling 'make R'
 
---------- Making package base ------------
  adding build stamp to DESCRIPTION
/bin/sh: line 1: --vanilla: command not found
make[5]: *** [frontmatter] Erro 127
make[4]: *** [all] Erro 2
make[3]: *** [pkg-base] Erro 2
make[2]: *** [rpackage] Erro 2
make[1]: *** [all] Erro 2
make[1]: Saíndo do directorio
`/home/iago/crossbuild/WinR/R-2.0.0/src/gnuwin32'
 
The error appears in the call to $(REXE), that was defined in
R-2.0.0/src/gnuwin32/MakePkg (Line 18) as:
 
REXE = $(R_EXE) --vanilla --slave
 
I tried substituting REXE with R --vanilla --slave and that did the trick, only
to later fail with a complain about $(R_HOME).
 
Is there any reason for this failure in the Makefile variables? Anything to do
with the change from 1.9.1 to 2.0.0?
 
Many thanks,

 
Iago Mosqueira

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On Tue, 19 Oct 2004, Iago Mosqueira wrote:
> When compiling R-2.0.0 for cross-compiling, 
More likely you are cross-compiling R to run under Windows.
> I get the following error when calling 'make R'
Who said you should `make R'?  That is not in the instructions in 
src/gnuwin32/INSTALL.  If you do that you should get

gannet% make R
make: *** No rule to make target `R'.  Stop.

> ---------- Making package base ------------
>   adding build stamp to DESCRIPTION
> /bin/sh: line 1: --vanilla: command not found
> make[5]: *** [frontmatter] Erro 127
> make[4]: *** [all] Erro 2
> make[3]: *** [pkg-base] Erro 2
> make[2]: *** [rpackage] Erro 2
> make[1]: *** [all] Erro 2
> make[1]: Sa?ndo do directorio
`/home/iago/crossbuild/WinR/R-2.0.0/src/gnuwin32'
>  
> The error appears in the call to $(REXE), that was defined in
> R-2.0.0/src/gnuwin32/MakePkg (Line 18) as:
>  
> REXE = $(R_EXE) --vanilla --slave
>  
> I tried substituting REXE with R --vanilla --slave and that did the trick,
only
> to later fail with a complain about $(R_HOME).
So R_EXE is not defined.  Setting it is part of the instructions.
> Is there any reason for this failure in the Makefile variables? Anything to
do
> with the change from 1.9.1 to 2.0.0?
User error!  If you follow the instructions it does work, at least in an 
English-speaking locale.

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