GetRNGstate() crashes with 'Segmentation fault'

Dear R-masters,


I tried to compile this simpel C-code:

//-----------------

#include<R.h>

int main()
{
    GetRNGstate();
    return 0;
}

//-----------------

Compiling:

~> gcc -o a  a.c -I/usr/lib/R/include/ -L/usr/lib/R/bin/ -lR
~> ldd a
        libR.so => /usr/lib/libR.so (0x40018000)
        libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x401a8000)
        libblas.so.2 => /usr/lib/libblas.so.2 (0x402bb000)
        libreadline.so.4 => /lib/libreadline.so.4 (0x4031e000)
        libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x40347000)
        libncurses.so.5 => /lib/libncurses.so.5 (0x4034a000)
        libm.so.6 => /lib/libm.so.6 (0x40389000)
        libz.so.1 => /usr/lib/libz.so.1 (0x403ab000)
        /lib/ld-linux.so.2 => /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x40000000)

~> ./a
Segmentation fault


Where am I wrong?
I'm using R 1.6.1, glibc-2.3.1 on Debian woody system.

Thanks a lot!

--
WBR,
Timur.

~> ./a
Segmentation fault

Whyever do you think that should work?

If you want to link against libR.so and call into R, you do need to
initialize R, and you have not done so.

I also don't see that the program has any use.  The complicated ways to
manipulate the random number generator are really only of any use from R
code (via C code, perhaps).

On Fri, Dec 20, 2002 at 04:56:31PM +0000, ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk wrote:

~> ./a
Segmentation fault

Whyever do you think that should work?

If you want to link against libR.so and call into R, you do need to
initialize R, and you have not done so.

I also don't see that the program has any use.  The complicated ways to
manipulate the random number generator are really only of any use from R
code (via C code, perhaps).

Yes, this code was intended to be used from R!  I decided just to
test it this way ;) .  So, it seems to be impossible to write
separate program, link it against R library, test it (and then create
shared library to used from within R)?