2.0.1 buglets
On Thu, 4 Nov 2004, Paul Gilbert wrote:
With R-2.0.1 (patched) on Linux rhlinux 2.4.21-4.ELsmp
when I configure get
...
checking whether C runtime needs -D__NO_MATH_INLINES... no
checking for xmkmf... /usr/bin/X11/xmkmf
Usage: which [options] [--] programname [...]
Options: --version, -[vV] Print version and exit successfully.
--help, Print this help and exit successfully.
--skip-dot Skip directories in PATH that start with a dot.
...
but everything seems to configure and make ok. Should this message be
expect or is this a bug?
It is unexpected. Is it new in 2.0.1 beta? You have told us your kernel, not your distro. This looks like a bug, but not in R.
Also, I think "R CMD config --version" still has a bug, or a least it does not report what I would expect: ~/toolchain/R/src/R-beta:bin/R CMD config --version R configuration information retrieval script 1.3 Copyright (C) 2002 The R Core Development Team. This is free software; see the GNU General Public Licence version 2 or later for copying conditions. There is NO warranty.
It's what it is documented to do: gannet% R CMD config --help Usage: R CMD config [options] [VAR] Get the value of a basic R configure variable VAR which must be among those listed in the 'Variables' section below, or the header and library flags necessary for linking against R. Options: -h, --help print short help message and exit -v, --version print version info and exit ... All the 'R CMD foo' tools do that. If you want the R version, that is 'R --version'.
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