Just after R-0.63.0 came out I reported a problem to the list. I was unable to get ./configure to complete it's job, because it couldn't find a working fortran. It stopped after trying to test for underscore in subroutine names. This was especially perplexing, since I could still configure the older version (I had 62.2) with no error messages. I tried suggestions of B.D. Ripley and others to set the fortran compiler in config.site, but those did not work. I had exactly the same problem with R-0.63.1. Today I discovered that ./configure --with-f77 does work. I wonder why it didn't work to set it in config.site. When is config.site used? Information on the just compiled version: ----------------------------------------- platform sparc-sun-solaris2.6 arch sparc os solaris2.6 system sparc, solaris2.6 status status.rev 0 major 0 minor 63.1 year 1998 month December day 5 language R Jim Robison-Cox ____________ Department of Math Sciences | | phone: (406)994-5340 2-214 Wilson Hall \ BZN, MT | FAX: (406)994-1789 Montana State University | *_______| Bozeman, MT 59717-2400 \_| e-mail: jimrc at math.montana.edu -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-help mailing list -- Read http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/~hornik/R/R-FAQ.html Send "info", "help", or "[un]subscribe" (in the "body", not the subject !) To: r-help-request at stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._