R devel - Feb 2018 - R Compilation gets stuck on Windows 64

Hi All,

I am trying to compile R from source on a 64 bit Windows. I have downloaded
and installed all the third party software as per the R - documentation.
The compilation starts fine and after a while it stops with the following
error message:

D:/Rtools/mingw_64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.9.3/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe:
cannot find -lRgraphapp
collect2.exe: error: ld returned 1 exit status
make[3]: *** [R.dll] Error 1
make[2]: *** [../../bin/x64/R.dll] Error 2
make[1]: *** [rbuild] Error 2
make: *** [all] Error 2

The file Rgraphapp.dll is created in the folder *D:\R64\R-3.4.3\bin\x64*
but somehow the process is not able to find it and gives an error. The
purpose for going through this process was to compile R with OpenBlas which
I had compiled earlier with MinGW and had created the file:
*libopenblas_haswell-r0.2.20.a. *

I have attached the MkRules.local and the output log along with this email.
Any would be greatly appreciated.

Regards,
Indrajit

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On Thu, Feb 8, 2018 at 9:44 PM, Indrajit Sen Gupta <indrajitsg at
gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I am trying to compile R from source on a 64 bit Windows.
[snip]
> I had compiled earlier with MinGW and had created the file:
> *libopenblas_haswell-r0.2.20.a. *
Hello, Indrajit.

I don't see your MkRules.local attached. In any event, perhaps try
following the directions here [1]. I've been building R with OpenBLAS
on Windows 64 for years and it almost always works. In the past year
or two, rarely, it will stop with an error. But if you restart the
make process (by just typing "make" again) it finishes with no issues
and passes make check-devel. I have not tried this with R-dev, though.
R 3.4.3 Patched (2018-01-03 r74042) is the most recent I have built
successfully.

Good luck,

Avraham

[1] https://www.avrahamadler.com/r-tips/build-openblas-for-windows-r64/

Hi Avraham,

What a coincidence, I have been following this post of yours:
https://www.avrahamadler.com/2013/10/24/an-openblas-based-rblas-for-windows-64-step-by-step/

Looks like this post is slightly older than what you have shared
previously. It is strange that you did not get the attachments. I am
pasting the contents of the MkRules.local here:

-------------------------------------------------------------------

#-*- Makefile -*-

## This is only used when building R itself but it does customize
## etc/*/Makeconf using LOCAL_SOFT, BINPREF[64], IMPLIB and R_ARCH

## Customize by copying to MkRules.local and uncommenting and editing
## some of the definitions there.
##

## =========== configuration macros for building packages ===============#
Absolute path to '/usr/local' software collection.  The versions used
# on CRAN can be found at https://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/pub/Rtools/libs.html
# It can be interrogated by 'R CMD config LOCAL_SOFT'
# Use 'make rsync-extsoft' to populate the default directory.
# LOCAL_SOFT = D:/R64/extsoft

## ============== configuration macros for building R ==================
# Path of library directory containing zlib, bzlib, liblzma, pcre,
# libpng, libjpeg, libtiff.
# Use 'make rsync-extsoft' to populate the default directory.
EXT_LIBS = D:/R64/extsoft

# an alternative is to use -gstabs here, if the debugger supports only
stabs.
# G_FLAG = -gdwarf-2

# Set to YES and specify the path if you want to use the ATLAS BLAS.
USE_ATLAS = YES
ATLAS_PATH =D:/home/thread0

# Support for the ACML and Goto BLASes has been withdrawn: see R-admin.html

# Define to use svnversion to set SVN-REVISION (slow, and requires a clean
# checkout with no modifications).
# USE_SVNVERSION = YES

# With the previously recommended gcc 4.6.3 toolchain, set this to 32 or 64
# MULTI = 64
# If the toolchain's bin directory is not in your path, set this to the path
# (including the trailing /, and use / not \).
# TOOL_PATH # for other toolchains leave these empty and set the more detailed
options
below

# With the recommended gcc 4.9.3 toolchain or another toolchain, set
# BINPREF and BINPREF64 (below) to the respective bin directories.
# Include the trailing /, and use / not \.
# Do this in the more detailed options below
# Set this to 32 or 64
WIN = 64


### BEGIN more detailed options
# Some of the toolchains have prefixes for e.g. ar, gcc.
# This can also be used to give the full path to the compiler,
# including a trailing / .
# BINPREF = c:/Rtools/mingw_32/bin/
# prefix for 64-bit:
BINPREF64 = D:/Rtools/mingw_64/bin/
# Set this to indicate a non-gcc compiler and version
# COMPILED_BY = <determined automatically>

# Others use a -m64 or -m32 option to select architectures
# M_ARCH = -m64
# and for as (--32 or --64)
# AS_ARCH = --64
# and for windres (-F pe-i386 or pe-x86-64)
# RC_ARCH = pe-x86-64
# and for dlltool ("-m i386 --as-flags --32" vs "-m i386:x86-64
--as-flags
--64")
DT_ARCH = -m i386:x86-64 --as-flags --64

# 32- or 64-bit Windows?
WIN = 64

# The gcc 4.9.3 64 bit toolchain is set up for the 'medium code' model
and
needs
# to remove the .refptr and .weak entries from the exports list; this is
the default
# when WIN = 64, with blank for WIN = 32:
NM_FILTER = | $(SED) -e '/[.]refptr[.]/d' -e '/[.]weak[.]/d'

# We normally link directly against DLLs,
# but this macro forces the use of import libs
# Has been needed for some versions of MinGW-w64
USE_IMPLIBS = YES

### END more detailed options


# set to use ICU
USE_ICU = YES
# path to parent of ICU headers
ICU_PATH = D:/home/ICU
ICU_LIBS = -lsicuin -lsicuuc -lsicudt -lstdc++

# set to use libcurl
USE_LIBCURL = YES
# path to parent of libcurl headers
CURL_PATH = D:/home/curl
# libs: for 32-bit
# CURL_LIBS = -lcurl -lrtmp -lssl -lssh2 -lcrypto -lgdi32 -lcrypt32 -lz
-lws2_32 -lgdi32 -lcrypt32 -lwldap32 -lwinmm -lidn
# libs: for 64-bit
CURL_LIBS = -lcurl -lrtmp -lssl -lssh2 -lcrypto -lgdi32 -lcrypt32 -lz
-lws2_32 -lgdi32 -lcrypt32 -lwldap32 -lwinmm

# For the cairographics devices
# Optionally use a static build of cairographics from
#   https://www.rforge.net/Cairo/files/cairo-current-win.tar.gz
# and set CAIRO_HOME to the parent of the win32/win64 directories
#
# If CAIRO_HOME is not set the devices are not built.
CAIRO_HOME = D:/home/cairo/src

# set this to YES to build static HTML help
BUILD_HTML = YES

# unset this if you are *not* using MiKTeX
MIKTEX = TRUE
# Recent MiKTEX does not provide texi2dvi and needs something like
TEXI2DVI = TEXINDEX=texindex.exe texify

# for texinfo >= 5.1. If the texinfo files are installed at
/packages/texinfo,
# TEXI2ANY = /path/to/perl -I/packages/texinfo /packages/texinfo/texi2any
# if you do not have texinfo (default),
# TEXI2ANY = missing

# additional optimization flags (use -mtune=native for a private build)
EOPTS = -mtune=native

# define to -fopenmp if the toolchain has OpenMP support
# OPENMP = -fopenmp

# define to -pthread if the toolchain has pthreads support
# PTHREAD = -pthread

## ====== configuration macros for building installer ==========
# location where Inno Setup 5.[34].x was installed. Spaces allowed.
ISDIR = D:/home/inno5

# optional location where qpdf was installed (in $(QPDF)/bin). Spaces
allowed.
QPDF = D:/home/qpdf/bin

# home of 32-bit files for combined installer on 64-bit build
# HOME32 
# Full paths of extra DLLs that need to be shipped
# e.g
# DLLs32 = c:/R/bin/pthreadGC2-w32.dll
# DLLs64 = c:/R/bin64/pthreadGC2-w64.dll
# DLLs32 # DLLs64 

## ====== configuration macros for building MSI installer ==========
# location where WiX 3.x executables were installed. Spaces allowed.
# The MSI uses '/bin': other packagings may not
# WIX3DIR = C:/packages/WiX3.5/bin

# set to 1 for a non-elevated per-user installer
# WIX_PERSONAL = 0

## =============== end of user-customizable parts  ==================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I will go through your latest post and see what are the differences. I have
used the latest version of R 3.4.3 with the latest version of rtools:
Rtools34.exe.

Not sure why but i have feeling that the culprit might be a setting in the
MkRules.

Regards,
Indrajit

On Fri, Feb 9, 2018 at 10:53 AM, Avraham Adler <avraham.adler at
gmail.com>
wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 8, 2018 at 9:44 PM, Indrajit Sen Gupta <indrajitsg at
gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I am trying to compile R from source on a 64 bit Windows.
>
> [snip]
>
> > I had compiled earlier with MinGW and had created the file:
> > *libopenblas_haswell-r0.2.20.a. *
>
> Hello, Indrajit.
>
> I don't see your MkRules.local attached. In any event, perhaps try
> following the directions here [1]. I've been building R with OpenBLAS
> on Windows 64 for years and it almost always works. In the past year
> or two, rarely, it will stop with an error. But if you restart the
> make process (by just typing "make" again) it finishes with no
issues
> and passes make check-devel. I have not tried this with R-dev, though.
> R 3.4.3 Patched (2018-01-03 r74042) is the most recent I have built
> successfully.
>
> Good luck,
>
> Avraham
>
> [1] https://www.avrahamadler.com/r-tips/build-openblas-for-windows-r64/
>
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