Mike Beddo
2014-Oct-24 16:44 UTC
[Rd] Error: Line starting 'Package: tools ...' is malformed!
I'm building R-3.1.1 (64 bit) from source on AIX 7.1. It was going well until I hit this: xlc_r -q64 -Wl,-brtl -Wl,-G -Wl,-bexpall -Wl,-bnoentry -lc -L/opt/freeware/lib64 -L/opt/freeware/lib -Wl,-blibpath:/opt/freeware/lib64:/opt/freeware/lib:/usr/lib:/lib -Wl,-bmaxdata:0x80000000 -o tools.so text.o init.o Rmd5.o md5.o signals.o install.o getfmts.o http.o gramLatex.o gramRd.o -lm make[6]: Entering directory `/home/meb/source/R-3.1.1/src/library/tools/src' mkdir -p -- ../../../../library/tools/libs make[6]: Leaving directory `/home/meb/source/R-3.1.1/src/library/tools/src' make[5]: Leaving directory `/home/meb/source/R-3.1.1/src/library/tools/src' make[4]: Leaving directory `/home/meb/source/R-3.1.1/src/library/tools' Error: Line starting 'Package: tools ...' is malformed! Execution halted make[3]: *** [all] Error 1 make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/meb/source/R-3.1.1/src/library/tools' make[2]: *** [R] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/meb/source/R-3.1.1/src/library' make[1]: *** [R] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/meb/source/R-3.1.1/src' make: *** [R] Error 1 $ oslevel 7.1.0.0 Can someone help? Thanks, Mike
Duncan Murdoch
2014-Oct-25 09:33 UTC
[Rd] Error: Line starting 'Package: tools ...' is malformed!
On 24/10/2014, 12:44 PM, Mike Beddo wrote:> I'm building R-3.1.1 (64 bit) from source on AIX 7.1. It was going well until I hit this: > > xlc_r -q64 -Wl,-brtl -Wl,-G -Wl,-bexpall -Wl,-bnoentry -lc -L/opt/freeware/lib64 -L/opt/freeware/lib -Wl,-blibpath:/opt/freeware/lib64:/opt/freeware/lib:/usr/lib:/lib -Wl,-bmaxdata:0x80000000 -o tools.so text.o init.o Rmd5.o md5.o signals.o install.o getfmts.o http.o gramLatex.o gramRd.o -lm > make[6]: Entering directory `/home/meb/source/R-3.1.1/src/library/tools/src' > mkdir -p -- ../../../../library/tools/libs > make[6]: Leaving directory `/home/meb/source/R-3.1.1/src/library/tools/src' > make[5]: Leaving directory `/home/meb/source/R-3.1.1/src/library/tools/src' > make[4]: Leaving directory `/home/meb/source/R-3.1.1/src/library/tools' > Error: Line starting 'Package: tools ...' is malformed! > Execution halted > make[3]: *** [all] Error 1 > make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/meb/source/R-3.1.1/src/library/tools' > make[2]: *** [R] Error 1 > make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/meb/source/R-3.1.1/src/library' > make[1]: *** [R] Error 1 > make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/meb/source/R-3.1.1/src' > make: *** [R] Error 1 > $ oslevel > 7.1.0.0 > > Can someone help?That error looks as though it is coming from R when it is trying to read a DCF file, most likely the DESCRIPTION file for the tools package. Have you edited that file? Duncan Murdoch