Message-ID: <4C0EC46B.6060308@gmail.com>
Date: 2010-06-08T22:30:03Z
From: Peter Dalgaard
Subject: Question on trying to build R 2.11.1 on Tru64(aka OSF1) system
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.2.00.1006082147050.13672@gannet.stats.ox.ac.uk>
Prof Brian Ripley wrote:
> Ah, so configure has chosen /bin/ksh as the shell, and that does not
> like this sh syntax on your system. Try setting R_SHELL=/bin/sh when
> configuring (or the path to bash, if you have that).
>
> Alternatively, use ${1+@} in Rcmd.in (we have that as a workaround in
> R.sh.in).
>
We even do it using @OSF_SH_BUG@, which would probably be a good idea to
clone in Rcmd.in. On the other hand, the use of ${@} in Rcmd.in goes
back to at least 2002, which is a bit puzzling. Did OSF really not get
tested since then??
--
Peter Dalgaard
Center for Statistics, Copenhagen Business School
Phone: (+45)38153501
Email: pd.mes at cbs.dk Priv: PDalgd at gmail.com