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Undefined subroutine &R::Rdconv::fill (PR#3485)

4 messages · michael.t.klinglesmith@intel.com, Peter Dalgaard, Kurt Hornik +1 more

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michael.t.klinglesmith@intel.com
# 
Full_Name: michael klinglemsith
Version: R-1.7.1
OS: linux
Submission from: (NULL) (134.134.136.4)


I run:  (note: ] is my unix prompt)
]./configure

It seems to work, here are the messages I get from the end of configure:
R is now configured for i686-pc-linux-gnu

  Source directory:          .
  Installation directory:    /usr/local

  C compiler:                gcc -D__NO_MATH_INLINES -mieee-fp -g -O2
  C++ compiler:              g++ -mieee-fp -g -O2
  Fortran compiler:          g77 -mieee-fp -g -O2

  Interfaces supported:      X11, tcltk
  External libraries:        readline
  Additional capabilities:   PNG, JPEG, bzip2, PCRE
  Options enabled:           R profiling

  Recommended packages:      yes

configure: WARNING: you cannot build info versions of the R manuals
configure: WARNING: you cannot build PDF versions of the R manuals

Next I run:
]make

I get this error (many times -- this is the first one):

make[1]: Leaving directory `/fs38/odc.arch.3/mtklingl/R/R-1.7.1/doc'
make[1]: Entering directory `/fs38/odc.arch.3/mtklingl/R/R-1.7.1/src/library'
building all R object docs (text, HTML, LaTeX, examples)
make[2]: Entering directory `/fs38/odc.arch.3/mtklingl/R/R-1.7.1/src/library'
Undefined subroutine &R::Rdconv::fill called at
/fs38/odc.arch.3/mtklingl/R/R-1.7.1/share/perl/R/Rdconv.pm line 1955, <rdfile>
chunk 381.

The make continues inspite of the errors until this point:

make[2]: Leaving directory `/tmp/R.INSTALL.11978/survival/src'
** R
** data
** inst
** help
Undefined subroutine &R::Rdconv::fill called at
/fs38/odc.arch.3/mtklingl/R/R-1.7.1/share/perl/R/Rdconv.pm line 1955, <rdfile>
chunk 436.
make[1]: *** [survival.ts] Error 6
 >>> Building/Updating help pages for package 'survival'
     Formats: text html latex example
ERROR: building help failed for package 'survival'
make[1]: Leaving directory
`/fs38/odc.arch.3/mtklingl/R/R-1.7.1/src/library/Recommended'
make: *** [stamp-recommended] Error 2
]


Here are the OS and tool versions I have:


]uname -a
Linux plxc1679 2.4.9-41lxset1 #1 Mon Mar 31 11:19:02 PST 2003 i686 unknown
]make -v
GNU Make version 3.79.1, by Richard Stallman and Roland McGrath.
Built for i386-redhat-linux-gnu
Copyright (C) 1988, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 2000
        Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.
There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

Report bugs to <bug-make@gnu.org>.

]perl -v

This is perl, version 5.004_04 built for i386_linux22

Copyright 1987-1997, Larry Wall

Perl may be copied only under the terms of either the Artistic License or the
GNU General Public License, which may be found in the Perl 5.0 source kit.

]gcc -v
Reading specs from /usr/intel/pkgs/gcc/3.1/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.1/specs
Configured with: ../gcc-3.1/configure --prefix=/usr/intel/pkgs/gcc/3.1
--enable-shared --enable-threads --with-gnu-as
--with-as=/usr/intel/pkgs/gcc/3.1/bin/gas --with-gnu-ld
--with-ld=/usr/intel/pkgs/gcc/3.1/bin/gld
Thread model: posix
gcc version 3.1
]
Peter Dalgaard
# 
michael.t.klinglesmith@intel.com writes:
....
I would suspect that this is the culprit. We do check that the perl
version is at least 5.004 so we expect your version to work, but on
the other hand it is quite old (~ 6 years it would seem) and quite
likely noone actually checked against that version when making changes
to Rdconv.
Kurt Hornik
# 
Actually ...

It seems that Text::Wrap::fill() was added between 5.004_04 and
5.004_05.  I had not realized that the former was an official release.

We can

* Try to special-case 5.004_04 and provide the version of fill()
  indicated in the Text::Wrap documentation;

* Decide we've played enough with this and require either 5.004_05 (can
  we do this?) or 5.005.

-k
Martin Maechler
# 
>> michael.t.klinglesmith@intel.com writes:
    >>> make[1]: Leaving directory
    >>> `/fs38/odc.arch.3/mtklingl/R/R-1.7.1/doc' make[1]:
    >>> Entering directory
    >>> `/fs38/odc.arch.3/mtklingl/R/R-1.7.1/src/library'
    >>> building all R object docs (text, HTML, LaTeX, examples)
    >>> make[2]: Entering directory
    >>> `/fs38/odc.arch.3/mtklingl/R/R-1.7.1/src/library'
    >>> Undefined subroutine &R::Rdconv::fill called at
    >>> /fs38/odc.arch.3/mtklingl/R/R-1.7.1/share/perl/R/Rdconv.pm
    >>> line 1955, <rdfile> chunk 381.
    >> ....
    >>> ]perl -v
    >>> 
    >>> This is perl, version 5.004_04 built for i386_linux22
    >>> 
    >>> Copyright 1987-1997, Larry Wall

    >> I would suspect that this is the culprit. We do check
    >> that the perl version is at least 5.004 so we expect your
    >> version to work, but on the other hand it is quite old (~
    >> 6 years it would seem) and quite likely noone actually
    >> checked against that version when making changes to
    >> Rdconv.

    KH> Actually ...

    KH> It seems that Text::Wrap::fill() was added between
    KH> 5.004_04 and 5.004_05.  I had not realized that the
    KH> former was an official release.

    KH> We can

    KH> * Try to special-case 5.004_04 and provide the version
    KH> of fill() indicated in the Text::Wrap documentation;

    KH> * Decide we've played enough with this and require
    KH> either 5.004_05 (can we do this?) or 5.005.

I'd go for the latter. 
We will do people a favor (in the longer term at least) by
urging them to upgrade such old perl versions.

Martin