R help - Nov 1999 - configure in libraries

Dear list,

What is the correct approved way to abort a library install if the c fails to
build?
I am tarting up my odbc library, and I would like to stop the install process
if the needed header files and libraries are not present on the system.  Error
messages flash past so fast that it is easy to miss their significance.

Michael
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E-Mail: Michael Lapsley <mlapsley at ndirect.co.uk>
Date: 06-Nov-99
Time: 19:16:30

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>>>>> Michael Lapsley writes:
> Dear list,
> What is the correct approved way to abort a library install if the c
> fails to build?  I am tarting up my odbc library, and I would like to
> stop the install process if the needed header files and libraries are
> not present on the system.  Error messages flash past so fast that it
> is easy to miss their significance.
If compilation gives an error the install script stops, and as `src' is
tried before R code and documentation, nothing should get installed.

However, the right way is to use the configure/cleanup mechanism.  Have
a look at the `e1071' package.

-k
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