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...]: Leaving directory `/home/Vonkad/R-2.2.1/src/extra/zlib' make[3]: Entering directory `/home/Vonkad/R-2.2.1/src/extra/xdr' make[4]: Entering directory `/home/Vonkad/R-2.2.1/src/extra/xdr' making xdr.d from xdr.c making xdr_float.d from xdr_float.c making xdr_mem.d from xdr_mem.c making xdr_stdio.d from xdr_stdio.c make[4]: Leaving directory `/home/Vonkad/R-2.2.1/src/extra/xdr' make[4]: Entering directory `/home/Vonkad/R-2.2.1/src/extra/xdr' gcc -I. -I. -I../../../src/include -I../../../src/include -I/usr/local/inclu de -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -D__NO_MATH_INLINES -g -O2 -c xdr.c -o xdr.o I...

Hi, I usually compile R-devel tarball every few days (just to check if I can do it and check for any compile errors). As of two days ago, I am receiving the following error: ... gcc -O3 -I. -DWIN32 -D_X86_ -c xdr_mem.c -o xdr_mem.o ar crs libxdr.a xdr.o xdr_float.o xdr_stdio.o xdr_mem.o make: *** ../extra/trio: No such file or directory. Stop. make[3]: *** [rlibs] Error 1 make[2]: *** [../../bin/R.dll] Error 2 make[1]: *** [rbuild] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/andyj/R-devel/src/gnuwin32' make: *** [distribution] Error 2 Looking at the Makefile in R-d...

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