R devel - Oct 2015 - R 3.2.2 64 bit compilation error on AIX

>>>>> Vinh Nguyen <vinhdizzo at gmail.com>
>>>>>     on Thu, 8 Oct 2015 20:21:32 -0700 writes:
    > Ahh, sorry for not googling the error message.  Found
    >
[this](http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/Error-compiling-R-2-10-1-on-AIX-td1017862.html)
    > post that suggests modifying /src/extra/tre/tre-internal.h
    >
(https://r-forge.r-project.org/scm/viewvc.php/patches/aix_R210_tre.patch?view=markup&root=aix)
    > for AIX 64 bit.

    > Is it possible to add this information to the AIX section
    > of the R-admin manual?  Thanks.

Actually, I think we (R Core) should just apply that patch to the
 R/src/extras/tre/ sources.

But this does not seem to be related to your original problem
where compilation stopped during tools package building,
or does it ?

Martin Maechler,
ETH Zurich

    > -- Vinh


    > On Thu, Oct 8, 2015 at 7:22 PM, Vinh Nguyen
    > <vinhdizzo at gmail.com> wrote:
    >> One other note: I'm also using the latest src/main/dcf.c
    >> that was giving an issue on AIX previously; see
    >>
[this](https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-devel/2015-September/071781.html)
    >> thread.
    >> 
    >> Thanks.
    >> 
    >> On Thu, Oct 8, 2015 at 6:51 PM, Vinh Nguyen
    >> <vinhdizzo at gmail.com> wrote:
    >>> Please note that if I don't specify those variables,
    >>> then R 32 bit compiles fine.  Thanks.
    >>> 
    >>> -- Vinh

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On Oct 8, 2015 11:36 PM, "Martin Maechler" <maechler at
stat.math.ethz.ch>
wrote:
>
> >>>>> Vinh Nguyen <vinhdizzo at gmail.com>
> >>>>>     on Thu, 8 Oct 2015 20:21:32 -0700 writes:
>
>     > Ahh, sorry for not googling the error message.  Found
>     > [this](
http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/Error-compiling-R-2-10-1-on-AIX-td1017862.html
)
>     > post that suggests modifying /src/extra/tre/tre-internal.h
>     > (
https://r-forge.r-project.org/scm/viewvc.php/patches/aix_R210_tre.patch?view=markup&root=aix
)
>     > for AIX 64 bit.
>
>     > Is it possible to add this information to the AIX section
>     > of the R-admin manual?  Thanks.
>
> Actually, I think we (R Core) should just apply that patch to the
>  R/src/extras/tre/ sources.
That sould be even better!
>
> But this does not seem to be related to your original problem
> where compilation stopped during tools package building,
> or does it ?
Yes, the patch did fix the error where the tools package was building. It
also fixed it for [others](
http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/Error-compiling-R-2-10-1-on-AIX-td1017862.html
).

Thanks.

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>>>>> Vinh Nguyen <vinhdizzo at gmail.com>
>>>>>     on Fri, 9 Oct 2015 06:35:01 -0700 writes:
    > On Oct 8, 2015 11:36 PM, "Martin Maechler"
    > <maechler at stat.math.ethz.ch> wrote:
    >> 
    >> >>>>> Vinh Nguyen <vinhdizzo at gmail.com>
>>>>> on Thu, 8
    >> Oct 2015 20:21:32 -0700 writes:
    >> 
    >> > Ahh, sorry for not googling the error message.  Found >
    >> [this](
    >
http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/Error-compiling-R-2-10-1-on-AIX-td1017862.html
    > )
    >> > post that suggests modifying
    >> /src/extra/tre/tre-internal.h > (
    >
https://r-forge.r-project.org/scm/viewvc.php/patches/aix_R210_tre.patch?view=markup&root=aix
    > )
    >> > for AIX 64 bit.
    >> 
    >> > Is it possible to add this information to the AIX
    >> section > of the R-admin manual?  Thanks.
    >> 
    >> Actually, I think we (R Core) should just apply that
    >> patch to the R/src/extras/tre/ sources.

    > That should be even better!

I've heard no other comments,
tried a version of your patch and checked that it does *not*
break either 32-bit or 64-bit Linux.

At the same time, that (very old) patch looks sensible and
solves your problem and you are one of very few who actively
work on building R on AIX

==> I have committed a corresponding change to src/extra/tre/tre-internal.h
    now.  (for R-devel aka "trunk" only).

Martin Maechler, ETH Zurich
	
    >> 
    >> But this does not seem to be related to your original
    >> problem where compilation stopped during tools package
    >> building, or does it ?

    > Yes, the patch did fix the error where the tools package
    > was building. It also fixed it for [others](
    >
http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/Error-compiling-R-2-10-1-on-AIX-td1017862.html
    > ).

    > Thanks.