R-beta_2010-10-02_r53128 fails to compile on FreeBSD

On Sun, 3 Oct 2010, Rainer Hurling wrote:

I tried to compile R-beta_2010-10-02_r53128 on FreeBSD 9.0-CURRENT
(amd64) with gcc-4.4.5 and it fails:

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gcc -std=gnu99 -I../../src/extra/zlib -I../../src/extra/bzip2
-I../../src/extra/pcre -I../../src/extra -I. -I../../src/include
-I../../src/include -I/usr/local/include -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -g -O2 -c
sysutils.c -o sysutils.o
sysutils.c: In function 'R_system':
sysutils.c:289: warning: implicit declaration of function 'WIFEXITED'
sysutils.c:289: warning: implicit declaration of function 'WEXITSTATUS'
gcc -std=gnu99 -I../../src/extra/zlib -I../../src/extra/bzip2
-I../../src/extra/pcre -I../../src/extra -I. -I../../src/include
-I../../src/include -I/usr/local/include -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -g -O2 -c
unique.c -o unique.o
gcc -std=gnu99 -I../../src/extra/zlib -I../../src/extra/bzip2
-I../../src/extra/pcre -I../../src/extra -I. -I../../src/include
-I../../src/include -I/usr/local/include -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -g -O2 -c
util.c -o util.o
gcc -std=gnu99 -I../../src/extra/zlib -I../../src/extra/bzip2
-I../../src/extra/pcre -I../../src/extra -I. -I../../src/include
-I../../src/include -I/usr/local/include -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -g -O2 -c
version.c -o version.o
gcc -std=gnu99 -I../../src/extra/zlib -I../../src/extra/bzip2
-I../../src/extra/pcre -I../../src/extra -I. -I../../src/include
-I../../src/include -I/usr/local/include -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -g -O2 -c
vfonts.c -o vfonts.o
gfortran -g -O2 -c xxxpr.f -o xxxpr.o
ar cr libR.a CConverters.o CommandLineArgs.o Rdynload.o Renviron.o
RNG.o agrep.o apply.o arithmetic.o array.o attrib.o base.o bind.o
builtin.o character.o coerce.o colors.o complex.o connections.o
context.o cov.o cum.o dcf.o datetime.o debug.o deparse.o deriv.o
devices.o dotcode.o dounzip.o dstruct.o duplicate.o engine.o envir.o
errors.o eval.o format.o fourier.o gevents.o gram.o gram-ex.o
gramLatex.o gramRd.o graphics.o grep.o identical.o inlined.o inspect.o
internet.o iosupport.o lapack.o list.o localecharset.o logic.o main.o
mapply.o match.o memory.o model.o names.o objects.o optim.o optimize.o
options.o par.o paste.o platform.o plot.o plot3d.o plotmath.o print.o
printarray.o printvector.o printutils.o qsort.o random.o raw.o
registration.o relop.o rlocale.o saveload.o scan.o seq.o serialize.o
size.o sort.o source.o split.o sprintf.o startup.o subassign.o
subscript.o subset.o summary.o sysutils.o unique.o util.o version.o
vfonts.o xxxpr.o libs/*o
ranlib libR.a
gcc -std=gnu99 -export-dynamic -L/usr/local/lib -o R.bin Rmain.o
libR.a -L../../lib -lRblas
-L/usr/local/lib/gcc44/gcc/x86_64-portbld-freebsd9.0/4.4.5
-L/usr/local/x86_64-portbld-freebsd9.0/lib -L/usr/local/lib/gcc44
-lgfortran -lm /usr/local/lib/libintl.so /usr/local/lib/libiconv.so
-Wl,-rpath -Wl,/usr/local/lib -lreadline -llzma -lm -liconv -licuuc
-licui18n
libR.a(sysutils.o)(.text+0x1d5d): In function `R_system':
/usr/local/R-beta/src/main/sysutils.c:289: undefined reference to
`WIFEXITED'
libR.a(sysutils.o)(.text+0x1d76):/usr/local/R-beta/src/main/sysutils.c:289:
undefined reference to `WEXITSTATUS'
libR.a(sys-unix.o)(.text+0x475): In function `do_system':
/usr/local/R-beta/src/unix/sys-unix.c:290: undefined reference to
`WIFEXITED'
libR.a(sys-unix.o)(.text+0x551):/usr/local/R-beta/src/unix/sys-unix.c:290:
undefined reference to `WEXITSTATUS'
*** Error code 1
Stop in /usr/local/R-beta/src/main.
*** Error code 1
Stop in /usr/local/R-beta/src/main.
*** Error code 1
Stop in /usr/local/R-beta/src.
*** Error code 1
Stop in /usr/local/R-beta.
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Is this a known error? I would really appreciate if someone could give
me a hint.

Not known, and as it is a POSIX construction almost all OSes have it.

Can you try (in sysutils.c and sys-unix.c) replacing

#ifdef HAVE_SYS_WAIT_H

by

#if defined(HAVE_SYS_WAIT_H) && defined(WEXITSTATUS)

?