On Thu, 7 Oct 2004, Roman Belenov wrote:
> I'm trying to compile R 2.0.0 on windows using cygwin. The program
itself
> compiled fine (I added -mno-cygwin to compilation/linkage rules so that
mingw
> runtime is used), but the build process fails to make packages. Here are
the
> error messages:
We do not support cygwin (too many bugs over the years) even with
-mno-cygwin, so you are on your own. Suggestion: build under the
supported tools first so you know what to expect.
>
>
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> making bootstrap versions of packages ...
There should be lines here, so if this were a fresh build something is
badly wrong.
> ... done
>
> writing help indices for package: base tools utils grDevices graphics stats
data
> sets methods grid splines stats4 tcltk
>
> ---------- Making package base ------------
> adding build stamp to DESCRIPTION
> Error in library.dynam(lib, package, package.lib) :
> shared library 'tools' not found
> Execution halted
> make[4]: *** [frontmatter] Error 1
> make[3]: *** [all] Error 2
> make[2]: *** [pkg-base] Error 2
> make[1]: *** [rpackage] Error 2
> make: *** [all] Error 2
>
>
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> Can anybody help ? Any ideas on what can go wrong are welcome.
>
>
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