[Bioc-devel] Rgraphviz on ppc64le needs updated config.{sub, guess}
This is a good place to report a bug; technically bugs should always be reported to the package maintainer; some packages have a BugReport URL or email in the packageDescription. I'll fix this soon and I would appreciate a test run from you. Best, Kasper
On Wed, Nov 23, 2016 at 2:04 AM, Daniel Axtens <dja at axtens.net> wrote:
Hi, I haven't been able to find a way to report a bug on a package directly, so I'm hoping this is the best way to report a bug, and my apologies in advance if it isn't. Rgraphviz fails to install on little-endian, 64-bit PowerPC (ppc64le). Attempting to install leads to this error message: ... checking whether gcc -std=gnu99 accepts -g... yes checking for gcc -std=gnu99 option to accept ISO C89... none needed checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -std=gnu99 -E checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... yes checking whether g++ accepts -g... yes configure: Preparing to compile Graphviz. configure: Configuring bundled Graphviz. checking build system type... config/config.guess: unable to guess system type This script, last modified 2009-11-20, has failed to recognize the operating system you are using. It is advised that you download the most up to date version of the config scripts from http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=config.git;a=blob_ plain;f=config.guess;hb=HEAD and http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=config.git;a=blob_ plain;f=config.sub;hb=HEAD If the version you run (config/config.guess) is already up to date, please send the following data and any information you think might be pertinent to <config-patches at gnu.org> in order to provide the needed information to handle your system. config.guess timestamp = 2009-11-20 uname -m = ppc64le uname -r = 4.4.0-47-generic uname -s = Linux uname -v = #68-Ubuntu SMP Wed Oct 26 19:38:24 UTC 2016 /usr/bin/uname -p = /bin/uname -X = hostinfo = /bin/universe = /usr/bin/arch -k = /bin/arch = /usr/bin/oslevel = /usr/convex/getsysinfo = UNAME_MACHINE = ppc64le UNAME_RELEASE = 4.4.0-47-generic UNAME_SYSTEM = Linux UNAME_VERSION = #68-Ubuntu SMP Wed Oct 26 19:38:24 UTC 2016 configure: error: cannot guess build type; you must specify one make: *** No rule to make target 'install'. Stop. ... I've seen a number of similar errors in various non-R packages: it's because ppc64le is quite a modern platform and 7-year-old config.guess doesn't know about it. It's really easy to fix: just update the bundled config.sub and config.guess, either from the URLs suggested in the excerpt above, or with autotools. I'd be more than happy to test any patches, or to supply a patch if that would be more helpful. Regards, Daniel
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