It is the result of a bug in the XFree 4.4.0 headers. Please try the patched version r-patched (see the FAQ) where we have a workaround in src/modules/X11/dataentry.c (and quite a few other bug fixes).
On Mon, 3 May 2004, Christian Lederer wrote: > > Hi, > > did anybody succeed in building R on SuSE Linux 9.1? > My compilation failed with the following error messages: > > make[4]: Entering directory `/home/lederer/Source/R-1.9.0/src/modules/X11' > gcc -I. -I../../../src/include -I../../../src/include > -I/usr/X11R6/include -I/us > r/local/include -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -D__NO_MATH_INLINES -mieee-fp -fPIC -g > -O2 -c d > ataentry.c -o dataentry.lo > In file included from dataentry.c:31: > /usr/X11R6/include/X11/Xlib.h:1400: error: parse error before "_Xconst" > /usr/X11R6/include/X11/Xlib.h:1488: error: parse error before "char" > /usr/X11R6/include/X11/Xlib.h:1516: error: parse error before "_Xconst" > /usr/X11R6/include/X11/Xlib.h:1520: error: parse error before "char" > /usr/X11R6/include/X11/Xlib.h:1542: error: parse error before "_Xconst" > /usr/X11R6/include/X11/Xlib.h:1577: error: parse error before '*' token > /usr/X11R6/include/X11/Xlib.h:1586: error: parse error before "_Xconst" > ... > lots more > ... > dataentry.c: In function `GetKey': > dataentry.c:1272: warning: passing arg 4 of `XLookupString' from > incompatible po > inter type > dataentry.c: In function `GetCharP': > dataentry.c:1281: warning: passing arg 4 of `XLookupString' from > incompatible po > inter type > dataentry.c: In function `doControl': > dataentry.c:1302: warning: passing arg 4 of `XLookupString' from > incompatible po > inter type > make[4]: *** [dataentry.lo] Fehler 1 > make[4]: Leaving directory `/home/lederer/Source/R-1.9.0/src/modules/X11' > make[3]: *** [R] Fehler 2 > make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/lederer/Source/R-1.9.0/src/modules/X11' > make[2]: *** [R] Fehler 1 > make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/lederer/Source/R-1.9.0/src/modules' > make[1]: *** [R] Fehler 1 > make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/lederer/Source/R-1.9.0/src' > make: *** [R] Fehler 1 > > The same happened for R-1.8.1. > However, i cannot believe that SuSE 9.1 contains faulty Xlib.h, > since i can compile other programs including this file. > Fortunetely i could install the rpm for SuSE 9.0. > > Christian :-( > > ______________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > > -- Brian D. Ripley, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/ University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) 1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA) Oxford OX1 3TG, UK Fax: +44 1865 272595 ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
