Question on trying to build R 2.11.1 on Tru64(aka OSF1) system

Here is the Rcmd from the ./bin subdirectory of the build tree
/usrX/JunqueYard/R-2.11.1:

#!/bin/ksh
#
# ${R_HOME}/bin/Rcmd

## Shell script wrapper for all R CMD commands.
## For internal use only.

R_CMD="${R_HOME}/bin/Rcmd"
export R_CMD

R_VERSION=2.11.1
export R_VERSION

R_OSTYPE="unix"
export R_OSTYPE

## Add 'share/perl' to the perl library path.
if test -n "${PERL5LIB}"; then
 PERL5LIB="${R_SHARE_DIR}/perl:${PERL5LIB}"
 export PERL5LIB
else
 PERLLIB="${R_SHARE_DIR}/perl:${PERLLIB}"
 export PERLLIB
fi

## Append 'share/texmf' to TeX's input search path.
if test -z "$TEXINPUTS}"; then
 TEXINPUTS=".:${R_SHARE_DIR}/texmf:"
else
 TEXINPUTS=".:${TEXINPUTS}:${R_SHARE_DIR}/texmf:"
fi
export TEXINPUTS

. "${R_HOME}/etc${R_ARCH}/Renviron"
export `sed 's/^ *#.*//; s/^\(.*\)=.*/\1/' "${R_HOME}/etc${R_ARCH}/Renviron"`

extra=
case "${1}" in
 perl)
   cmd="${PERL}" ;;
 awk)
   cmd="${AWK}"  ;;
## this was a separate command prior to 2.10.0
 Rd2txt)
   cmd="${R_HOME}/bin/Rdconv"
   extra="-t txt"
   ;;
 Rd2pdf)
   cmd="${R_HOME}/bin/Rd2dvi"
   extra="--pdf"
   ;;
 *)
   if test -x "${R_HOME}/bin/${1}"; then
     cmd="${R_HOME}/bin/${1}"
   else
     cmd="${1}"
   fi
   ;;
esac
shift

exec "${cmd}" ${extra} "${@}"

### Local Variables: ***
### mode: sh ***
### sh-indentation: 2 ***
### End: ***

Bill

Return-path: <ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk>
Date: Tue, 08 Jun 2010 19:41:05 +0100 (BST)
From: Prof Brian Ripley <ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: [Rd] Question on trying to build R 2.11.1 on Tru64(aka OSF1) system
To: Bill.Glessner at cwu.edu
Cc: r-devel at r-project.org

On Tue, 8 Jun 2010, Bill.Glessner at cwu.EDU wrote:

Hello,

I am trying to build the R-2.11.1 software for university faculty to use in
research projects on a DEC/Compaq/HP AlphaServer model GS160 16CPU/64GB memory
running Tru64Unix aka OSF1 version 5.1B-5.
Is it known whether it is possible to build the R-2.11.1 software on the
platform I am using?

It is not known: it is years since we have a report on that system.

You seem to have a problem with Rcmd, that is R_HOME/bin/Rcmd.
Perhaps you could send it to us to have a look at?

...snip...