R devel - Apr 2008 - R-2.6.2 Solaris 11 build, install, and check failures (PR#11093)

Actually, things weren't great using Solaris 9, but building and installing
under Solaris 11 required some workarounds - the installation process
seems to fail completely under Solaris 11. A plain "./configure" fails
in pretty much the same way.

Note: "make" is aliased to "gmake -j 4" to use all 4 cpus in
this hardware.
bash-3.2# uname -a
  SunOS apogee5 5.11 snv_85 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-80

bash-3.2> ./configure --disable-fast-install --enable-threads=solaris
--disable-rpath
......
bash-3.2> make
......
begin installing recommended package foreign
* Installing *source* package 'foreign' ...
checking for gcc... gmake[3]: Entering directory
`/tmp/R.INSTALL.BfaONZ/foreign'
gcc -std=gnu99
gmake[3]: Leaving directory `/tmp/R.INSTALL.BfaONZ/foreign'
checking for C compiler default output file name... configure: error: C compiler
cannot create executables
See `config.log' for more details.
ERROR: configuration failed for package 'foreign'
** Removing '/usr/local/src/R-2.6.2/library/foreign'
gmake[2]: *** [foreign.ts] Error 1
gmake[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
.....
** building package indices ...
* DONE (spatial)
gmake[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/R-2.6.2/src/library/Recommended'
gmake[1]: *** [recommended-packages] Error 2
gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/R-2.6.2/src/library/Recommended'
gmake: *** [stamp-recommended] Error 2
.....

bash-3.2> make clean
.....
./configure --disable-fast-install --enable-threads=solaris --disable-rpath
--without-recommended-packages
.....
configure: WARNING: you cannot build DVI versions of the R manuals,
configure: WARNING: you cannot build PDF versions of the R manuals
.....
bash-3.2> make
...... [no errors] .....
bash-3.2# make install
......
mkdir /usr/local/lib/R
gmake[1]: Entering directory `/usr/local/src/R-2.6.2/m4'
gmake[1]: Nothing to be done for `install'.
gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/R-2.6.2/m4'
gmake[1]: Entering directory `/usr/local/src/R-2.6.2/tools'
gmake[1]: Nothing to be done for `install'.
gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/R-2.6.2/tools'
gmake[1]: Entering directory `/usr/local/src/R-2.6.2/doc'
installing doc ...
/bin/ginstall: cannot change permissions of `/usr/local/lib/R/doc': No such
file or directory
mkdir /usr/local/lib/R/doc
mkdir: Failed to make directory "/usr/local/lib/R/doc"; File exists
gmake[1]: *** [installdirs] Error 2
gmake[1]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
/bin/ginstall -c -m 644 ../NEWS "/usr/local/lib/R/doc"
gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/R-2.6.2/doc'
gmake: *** [install] Error 1
....
bash-3.2> ls -lrt /usr/local/bin/R
/usr/local/bin/R: No such file or directory
bash-3.2# cd /usr/local/bin
bash-3.2# ln -s ../src/R-2.6.2/bin/R

Works! See http://www.apogeect.com/html/pca/

One little glitch, if you try to postcript() or "png()" with
an output filename containing a "%", it segfaults. 

bash-3.2# make check
.....
comparing 'reg-S4.Rout' to './reg-S4.Rout.save' ... OK
 OK
comparing 'reg-tests-2.Rout' to './reg-tests-2.Rout.save' ... OK
gmake[3]: *** [reg-tests-1.Rout] Error 1
gmake[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/R-2.6.2/tests'
gmake[2]: *** [test-Reg] Error 2
gmake[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/R-2.6.2/tests'
gmake[1]: *** [test-all-basics] Error 1
gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/R-2.6.2/tests'
gmake: *** [check] Error 2

It would be nice to save some of the 160M bytes that the R distribution
takes. Would a functioning install eliminate the need to keep the
entire source?

Thanks for a cool language! Let me know if I can help with debugging
or testing...

Regards -- Frank Middleton