Message-ID: <Pine.A41.4.44.0212160727270.158328-100000@homer05.u.washington.edu>
Date: 2002-12-16T16:33:05Z
From: Thomas Lumley
Subject: Compiling R under IBM-AIX using IBM native C-compiler
In-Reply-To: <20021216083419.GE131658357@genome.cbs.dtu.dk>
On Mon, 16 Dec 2002, Laurent Gautier wrote:
> Would anybody have any experience with that ?
> (that's the first time I use AIX)
> The configure step is incredibly slow... any hint ?
>
It seems to depend on exactly what AIX you have. With 4.3 on RS/6000
hardware I can compile with either gcc or the native tools (though not
with a mixture of the two). The configure and build is very slow, and is
even worse with gcc. I don't actually *use* R on AIX, but it does pass
make check. There are also some R users on AIX at CMU, I believe.
OTOH, someone has reported problems with a more modern AIX on PowerPC
hardware.
-thomas