R devel - Jan 2005 - compiling and making R-2.0.1 for windows XP

I am having no luck compiling R-2.0.1 on a Windows XP platform. I have not had
these problems when compliling previous versions of R.

I've installed all the recommended software and tools. But I cannot get
round this error message:

make
make[1]: `Rpwd.exe' is up to date.
make -f Makefile.docfiles
make[3]: Nothing to be done for `docfiles'.
-------- Building ../../../library/base/R/Rprofile from
../../library/profile/Common.R ../../library/profile/Rprofile.windows--------
mkdir -p ../../../library/base/R
cat: not found
make[3]: *** [../../../library/base/R/Rprofile] Error 127
make[2]: *** [fixfiles] Error 2
make[1]: *** [rbuild] Error 2
make: *** [all] Error 2

Can anybody suggest a solution?

Thanks,

John

> From: John Marsland
> 
> I am having no luck compiling R-2.0.1 on a Windows XP 
> platform. I have not had these problems when compliling 
> previous versions of R.
> 
> I've installed all the recommended software and tools. But I 
> cannot get round this error message:
> 
> make
> make[1]: `Rpwd.exe' is up to date.
> make -f Makefile.docfiles
> make[3]: Nothing to be done for `docfiles'.
> -------- Building ../../../library/base/R/Rprofile from 
> ../../library/profile/Common.R 
> ../../library/profile/Rprofile.windows--------
> mkdir -p ../../../library/base/R
> cat: not found
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Have you checked to make sure the *nix tools in Rtool.zip is in the PATH?

Andy
> make[3]: *** [../../../library/base/R/Rprofile] Error 127
> make[2]: *** [fixfiles] Error 2
> make[1]: *** [rbuild] Error 2
> make: *** [all] Error 2
> 
> Can anybody suggest a solution?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> John
> 
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John Marsland wrote:
> I am having no luck compiling R-2.0.1 on a Windows XP platform. I have not
had these problems when compliling previous versions of R.
> 
> I've installed all the recommended software and tools. But I cannot get
round this error message:
> 
> make
> make[1]: `Rpwd.exe' is up to date.
> make -f Makefile.docfiles
> make[3]: Nothing to be done for `docfiles'.
> -------- Building ../../../library/base/R/Rprofile from
../../library/profile/Common.R ../../library/profile/Rprofile.windows--------
> mkdir -p ../../../library/base/R
> cat: not found
cat should be among the tools, looks like Duncan's latest release of 
tools.zip is missing cat (and I have tested the new release by 
overwriting older files, so I haven't noticed at least one file is 
missing this time).

Uwe




> make[3]: *** [../../../library/base/R/Rprofile] Error 127
> make[2]: *** [fixfiles] Error 2
> make[1]: *** [rbuild] Error 2
> make: *** [all] Error 2
> 
> Can anybody suggest a solution?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> John
> 
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