After a clean download of R-devel, I do not get the same error anymore involving dataClass when dumping, but I do get dumping R code in package 'methods' initializing class and method definitions now ...make[1]: *** [../../../library/methods/R/all.rda] Error 139 make: *** [all] Error 2 If I move to src/library/methods and do setenv R_DEFAULT_PACKAGES NULL ../../../bin/R --vanilla --slave < all.R I get initializing class and method definitions now ...Segmentation fault and the console tells me Thread 0 Crashed: #0 0x0185095c in Rf_install (names.c:1024) #1 0x01827d64 in R_execMethod (eval.c:721) #2 0x013d6c38 in R_standardGeneric (methods_list_dispatch.c:630) #3 0x00082d60 in do_standardGeneric (objects.c:1013) #4 0x00057188 in Rf_eval (eval.c:441) #5 0x00058f40 in do_set (eval.c:1281) #6 0x00056fcc in Rf_eval (eval.c:418) #7 0x00058810 in do_begin (eval.c:1055) #8 0x00056fcc in Rf_eval (eval.c:418) #9 0x00057614 in Rf_applyClosure (eval.c:609) #10 0x00057200 in Rf_eval (eval.c:453) #11 0x00058810 in do_begin (eval.c:1055) #12 0x00056fcc in Rf_eval (eval.c:418) #13 0x00057614 in Rf_applyClosure (eval.c:609) #14 0x00057200 in Rf_eval (eval.c:453) #15 0x00058810 in do_begin (eval.c:1055) #16 0x00056fcc in Rf_eval (eval.c:418) #17 0x00057614 in Rf_applyClosure (eval.c:609) #18 0x00057200 in Rf_eval (eval.c:453) #19 0x00058bcc in applydefine (eval.c:1178) #20 0x00056fcc in Rf_eval (eval.c:418) #21 0x00058810 in do_begin (eval.c:1055) #22 0x00056fcc in Rf_eval (eval.c:418) #23 0x0005832c in do_for (eval.c:950) #24 0x00056fcc in Rf_eval (eval.c:418) #25 0x00058810 in do_begin (eval.c:1055) #26 0x00056fcc in Rf_eval (eval.c:418) #27 0x00057614 in Rf_applyClosure (eval.c:609) #28 0x00057200 in Rf_eval (eval.c:453) #29 0x00058f40 in do_set (eval.c:1281) #30 0x00056fcc in Rf_eval (eval.c:418) #31 0x00058810 in do_begin (eval.c:1055) #32 0x00056fcc in Rf_eval (eval.c:418) #33 0x00056fcc in Rf_eval (eval.c:418) #34 0x00058810 in do_begin (eval.c:1055) #35 0x00056fcc in Rf_eval (eval.c:418) #36 0x00057614 in Rf_applyClosure (eval.c:609) #37 0x00057200 in Rf_eval (eval.c:453) #38 0x00058810 in do_begin (eval.c:1055) #39 0x00056fcc in Rf_eval (eval.c:418) #40 0x00057614 in Rf_applyClosure (eval.c:609) #41 0x00057200 in Rf_eval (eval.c:453) #42 0x00058810 in do_begin (eval.c:1055) #43 0x00056fcc in Rf_eval (eval.c:418) #44 0x00057614 in Rf_applyClosure (eval.c:609) #45 0x00057200 in Rf_eval (eval.c:453) #46 0x00058810 in do_begin (eval.c:1055) #47 0x00056fcc in Rf_eval (eval.c:418) #48 0x00056fcc in Rf_eval (eval.c:418) #49 0x00058810 in do_begin (eval.c:1055) #50 0x00056fcc in Rf_eval (eval.c:418) #51 0x00057614 in Rf_applyClosure (eval.c:609) #52 0x00057200 in Rf_eval (eval.c:453) #53 0x00072cfc in Rf_ReplIteration (main.c:237) #54 0x00072e5c in R_ReplConsole (main.c:285) #55 0x00073828 in run_Rmainloop (main.c:616) #56 0x000dc520 in main (system.c:102) #57 0x00001a40 in _start (crt.c:267) #58 0x000018c0 in start ==Jan de Leeuw; Professor and Chair, UCLA Department of Statistics; Editor: Journal of Multivariate Analysis, Journal of Statistical Software US mail: 9432 Boelter Hall, Box 951554, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1554 phone (310)-825-9550; fax (310)-206-5658; email: deleeuw@stat.ucla.edu homepage: http://gifi.stat.ucla.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------- No matter where you go, there you are. --- Buckaroo Banzai http://gifi.stat.ucla.edu/sounds/nomatter.au ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 3878 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-devel/attachments/20030317/c82a2c4d/attachment.bin