Such questions belong on R-devel -- see the posting guide.
On 05/03/2014 22:28, Mike Beddo wrote:> Has anyone managed to build R-3.0.2 from source on AIX 7.1 using gcc 4.2.0.
The configure script finishes with:
>
> ...
> checking whether wctrans exists and is declared... no
> checking whether iswblank exists and is declared... no
> checking whether wctype exists and is declared... no
> checking whether iswctype exists and is declared... no
> configure: error: Support for MBCS locales is required.
>
> Scanning through the config.log the configure script seems to be happy with
the C99 compliance at hand. I have tried reading NEWS, README, and R-Help
archives but I can't get past this. I'm all Google'd out. Is my
compiler too old?
No (but it is old and possible it was built incorrectly).
Those functions are part of C99, and we have no idea why your compiler
on your box is not finding them. As your IT support for help.
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